Gehirnwindung

[ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ]

/[ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gehirnwindung” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Windung, die aus der Hirnmasse heraustritt

Key facts for Gehirnwindung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehirnwindung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gehirnwindung” sits in German frequency

Gehirnwindung falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gehirnwindung is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Windung, die aus der Hirnmasse heraustritt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gehirnwindung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gehirnwindung, spelled G-E-H-I-R-N-W-I-N-D-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Windung, die aus der Hirnmasse heraustritt

Synonyms

GyrusHirnwindung

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gehirnwindung"?
"Gehirnwindung" is spelled G-E-H-I-R-N-W-I-N-D-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ].
What does "Gehirnwindung" mean?
As a noun, "Gehirnwindung" means: Windung, die aus der Hirnmasse heraustritt
How do you pronounce "Gehirnwindung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehirnwindung" is [ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Gehirnwindung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-I-R-N-W-I-N-D-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈhɪʁnˌvɪndʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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