Geiß
[ɡaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Geiß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ziege, insbesondere das weibliche Tier
Corpus desk
Index DE-gei · Geiß · German
Geiß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geiß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geiß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geiß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Geiß in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Geiß, spelled G-E-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1Ziege, insbesondere das weibliche Tier
- 2weibliches Tier des Damwilds
- 3weibliche Gämse, weibliches Tier des Gamswilds
- 4weibliches Reh, weibliches Tier des Rehwilds
- 5weibliches Tier des Steinwilds
- 6Gestalt/Figur eines, im deutschsprachigen Raum eines der bekanntesten, Märchen der Brüder Grimm (als „Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein“ oder „Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein“) bekannt; Mutter/Geißenmutter der jungen Geißlein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geiß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Ziegenherde befindet sich eine Geiß, die im Begriff ist, ein Junges zu werfen.“
„Es war einmal eine alte Geiß, die hatte sieben junge Geißlein und hatte sie lieb, wie eine Mutter ihre Kinder liebhat.“
This word in other languages
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.