Geisterwelt
[ˈɡaɪ̯stɐˌvɛlt]
The verdict
“Geisterwelt” is uncommon German (frequency #86,517 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,517
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefilde, in dem sich Geister aufhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-geisterwelt · Geisterwelt · German
Geisterwelt · rank #86,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,517
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gehässige
Nearest frequency peer: gehässige (-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 „Geisterwelt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gegenläufig
gegenläufig
13,487 corpus weight
- Geheimnisses
Geheimnisses
13,486 corpus weight
- gehässige
gehässige
13,485 corpus weight
- Geisterwelt
Geisterwelt
13,484 corpus weight
- gelaufenen
gelaufenen
13,483 corpus weight
- Geldfluss
Geldfluss
13,482 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geisterwelt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geisterwelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stɐˌvɛlt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geisterwelt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geisterwelt is uncommon German at frequency #86,517 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stɐˌvɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gefilde, in dem sich Geister aufhalten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Geisterwelt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Geisterwelt, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-R-W-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1Gefilde, in dem sich Geister aufhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geisterwelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er hing jener eigenartig heidnischen Sorte von Katholizismus an, die im ländlichen Antioquia verbreitet war, die zu Idolen wie Hermildas Jesuskind von Atocha betete und mit den Geistern von Toten kommunizierte. Für einen, der sich vor der Geisterwelt fürchtete, war der Diebstahl von Grabsteinen eine unwahrscheinliche Beschäftigung.“
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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