Geigerin

[ˈɡaɪ̯ɡəʁɪn]

/[ˈɡaɪ̯ɡəʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geigerin” is uncommon German (frequency #56,148 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,148
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die (professionell) Geige spielt

Corpus desk

Index DE-geigerin · Geigerin · German

Geigerin · rank #56,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,148
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gehässig

Nearest frequency peer: gehässig (-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 „Geigerin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geigerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeigerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaɪ̯ɡəʁɪn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geigerin“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gehässig“ (#56,147), „Geiselnehmer“ (#56,149), „Geheule“ (#56,146). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geigerin“ bei #56,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geigerin is uncommon German at frequency #56,148 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯ɡəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die (professionell) Geige spielt".

Zero misspellings are on record for Geigerin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geigerin, spelled G-E-I-G-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die (professionell) Geige spielt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Geigerin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Geigerin kam zu spät zur Orchesterprobe.
  2. „Der Präsident hatte ein paar Abende zuvor eingeladen und zur Unterhaltung seiner Gäste einen Pianisten und eine Geigerin auftreten lassen.“

Synonyms

GeigenspielerinViolinistin

This word in other languages

violinista(Español)violoniste(Français)

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 "Geigerin"?
"Geigerin" is spelled G-E-I-G-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaɪ̯ɡəʁɪn].
What does "Geigerin" mean?
As a noun, "Geigerin" means: weibliche Person, die (professionell) Geige spielt
How do you pronounce "Geigerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geigerin" is [ˈɡaɪ̯ɡəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gehässig#56,147Geizhals#56,150gemolken#56,155Georgier#56,159

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list