Gehirnen

[ɡəˈhɪʁnən]

/[ɡəˈhɪʁnən]/ noun

The verdict

“Gehirnen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,680 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,680
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gehirn

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehirnen · Gehirnen · German

Gehirnen · rank #75,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,680
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gegart

Nearest frequency peer: gegart (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gehirnen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gehirnen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gehirnen
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehirnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhɪʁnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,680
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehirnen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gehirnenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gegart“ (#75,679), „Gehrden“ (#75,681), „Gefriertruhe“ (#75,678). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gehirnen“ bei #75,680. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gehirnen is uncommon German at frequency #75,680 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhɪʁnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gehirn".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gehirnen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gehirnen, spelled G-E-H-I-R-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gehirn

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gehirnen"?
"Gehirnen" is spelled G-E-H-I-R-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɪʁnən].
What does "Gehirnen" mean?
As a noun, "Gehirnen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gehirn
How do you pronounce "Gehirnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehirnen" is [ɡəˈhɪʁnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gehirnen" come from?
"Gehirnen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gehirnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list