geistreich
[ˈɡaɪ̯stˌʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“geistreich” is uncommon German (frequency #53,715 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,715
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - klug und gleichzeitig witzig
Corpus desk
Index DE-geistreich · geistreich · German
geistreich · rank #53,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,715
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gedruckter
Nearest frequency peer: gedruckter (-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 „geistreich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geburtshelf…
Geburtshelfer
46,289 corpus weight
- Gebälk
Gebälk
46,288 corpus weight
- gedruckter
gedruckter
46,287 corpus weight
- geistreich
geistreich
46,286 corpus weight
- gelagerte
gelagerte
46,285 corpus weight
- Geleiten
Geleiten
46,283 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „geistreich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geistreich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stˌʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geistreich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geistreich is uncommon German at frequency #53,715 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stˌʁaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "klug und gleichzeitig witzig".
No misspelling variants are generated for geistreich 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is geistreich, spelled G-E-I-S-T-R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1klug und gleichzeitig witzig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geistreich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat einen geistreichen Charakter.
„Man war unter Künstlern und gab sich nach dem Essen betont geistreich, witzig und leger.“
This word in other languages
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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