Geistesleben
[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌleːbn̩]
The verdict
“Geistesleben” is uncommon German (frequency #84,010 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,010
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit geistiger Aktivitäten und Vorstellungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-geistesleben · Geistesleben · German
Geistesleben · rank #84,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,010
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geissens
Nearest frequency peer: Geissens (-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 „Geistesleben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- geimpften
geimpften
15,993 corpus weight
- Geissens
Geissens
15,992 corpus weight
- Geistesleben
Geistesleben
15,991 corpus weight
- gekaut
gekaut
15,990 corpus weight
- gekonnten
gekonnten
15,989 corpus weight
- Geldquelle
Geldquelle
15,988 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geistesleben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geistesleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #84,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geistesleben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geistesleben is uncommon German at frequency #84,010 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌleːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit geistiger Aktivitäten und Vorstellungen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Geistesleben in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geistesleben, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit geistiger Aktivitäten und Vorstellungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geistesleben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es gab ein Geistesleben, wie wir es uns heute kaum mehr vorstellen können.“
„Der damals von der Zarin eingesetzte Gouverneur Nikolaus von Korff stammte aus einem kurländischen Adelsgeschlecht und genoss das freie Geistesleben an der Königsberger Universität in vollen Zügen.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).