geistesabwesend
[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌʔapveːzn̩t]
The verdict
“geistesabwesend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unkonzentriert, in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache
Corpus desk
Index DE-geistesabwesend · geistesabwesend · German
geistesabwesend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | geistesabwesend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌʔapveːzn̩t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geistesabwesend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geistesabwesend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌʔapveːzn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unkonzentriert, in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache".
geistesabwesend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is geistesabwesend, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-A-B-W-E-S-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1unkonzentriert, in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how geistesabwesend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Autounfall war sie für ein paar Stunden geistesabwesend gewesen.
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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.