geistert
[ˈɡaɪ̯stɐt]
The verdict
“geistert” is uncommon German (frequency #57,019 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,019
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geistern
Corpus desk
Index DE-geistert · geistert · German
geistert · rank #57,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,019
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gehwegen
Nearest frequency peer: Gehwegen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “geistert”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gegliederte
gegliederte
42,985 corpus weight
- Gehwegen
Gehwegen
42,983 corpus weight
- geistert
geistert
42,982 corpus weight
- gelästert
gelästert
42,981 corpus weight
- Gelöbnis
Gelöbnis
42,980 corpus weight
- gemeinter
gemeinter
42,979 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “geistert” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geistert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stɐt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “geistert” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
geistert is uncommon German at frequency #57,019 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geistert, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geistert, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-R-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geistern
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geistern
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geistern
- 42. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geistern
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.
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