Geisteswissenschaften

[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftn̩]

/[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geisteswissenschaften” is a German headword at frequency #22,348, used as a noun.

#22,348
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Geisteswissenschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-geisteswissenschaften · Geisteswissenschaften · German

Geisteswissenschaften · rank #22,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,348
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geeignetes

Nearest frequency peer: geeignetes (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarschaft für „Geisteswissenschaften“

Niedrigerer Corpus-Rang = gebräuchlicher (invertierte Balkenlänge)

corpus weight

What this shows Balken zeigen, wo „Geisteswissenschaften“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata im FrequencyWords-Band sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geisteswissenschaften
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeisteswissenschaften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftn̩]
Letters21
Frequency rank#22,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rangmarke für „Geisteswissenschaften“ auf der deutschen Häufigkeitsskala

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Geisteswissenschaftenliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geeignetes“ (#22,347), „Gemeinwohl“ (#22,349), „Geburtsort“ (#22,346). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geisteswissenschaften“ bei #22,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & dictionary insight

The German entry for Geisteswissenschaften is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,348 in overall German word frequency among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Geisteswissenschaften in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geisteswissenschaften, spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Geisteswissenschaft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Geisteswissenschaft
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geisteswissenschaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Geisteswissenschaft

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 "Geisteswissenschaften"?
"Geisteswissenschaften" is spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftn̩].
What does "Geisteswissenschaften" mean?
As a noun, "Geisteswissenschaften" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Geisteswissenschaft
How do you pronounce "Geisteswissenschaften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geisteswissenschaften" is [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 21 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Literaturwissenschaft#23,220Bundestagsabgeordnete#20,871Bildungseinrichtungen#23,863Entstehungsgeschichte#23,916

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list