geisteskranken

[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋkn̩]

/[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋkn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“geisteskranken” is uncommon German (frequency #52,876 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,876
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank

Corpus desk

Index DE-geisteskranken · geisteskranken · German

geisteskranken · rank #52,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,876
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gehöft

Nearest frequency peer: Gehöft (-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 „geisteskranken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geisteskranken
PropertyValue
Headwordgeisteskranken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋkn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#52,876
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geisteskranken“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).geisteskrankenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gehöft“ (#52,875), „Geisteszustand“ (#52,877), „Geheimpolizei“ (#52,874). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geisteskranken“ bei #52,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geisteskranken is uncommon German at frequency #52,876 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for geisteskranken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geisteskranken, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-K-R-A-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank

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 "geisteskranken"?
"geisteskranken" is spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-K-R-A-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋkn̩].
What does "geisteskranken" mean?
As an adjective, "geisteskranken" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geisteskrank
How do you pronounce "geisteskranken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geisteskranken" is [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌkʁaŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geisteskranken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Geisteszustand#52,877Gerichtskosten#52,883fünfundzwanzig#52,866feministischer#52,836

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list