Geizhals
[ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sˌhals]
The verdict
“Geizhals” is uncommon German (frequency #56,150 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,150
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr geizige Person; jemand, der sehr wenig Neigung hat, anderen etwas zu geben oder überhaupt etwas auszugeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-geizhals · Geizhals · German
Geizhals · rank #56,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,150
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geiselnehmer
Nearest frequency peer: Geiselnehmer (-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 „Geizhals“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gehässig
gehässig
43,854 corpus weight
- Geigerin
Geigerin
43,853 corpus weight
- Geiselnehmer
Geiselnehmer
43,852 corpus weight
- Geizhals
Geizhals
43,851 corpus weight
- Geldautomat
Geldautomat
43,850 corpus weight
- gelegener
gelegener
43,849 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geizhals“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geizhals |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sˌhals] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geizhals“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geizhals is uncommon German at frequency #56,150 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sˌhals]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr geizige Person; jemand, der sehr wenig Neigung hat, anderen etwas zu geben oder überhaupt etwas auszugeben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Geizhals, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Geizhals, spelled G-E-I-Z-H-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1sehr geizige Person; jemand, der sehr wenig Neigung hat, anderen etwas zu geben oder überhaupt etwas auszugeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geizhals appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Geizhals hat uns in unserer Notlage nicht mal 50 Cent zum Telefonieren gegeben!
„Beinahe wöchentlich stand der Gerichtsvollzieher vor der Tür, um etwas zu pfänden, immer wieder drohte der Rauswurf aus den Wohnungen – vielleicht mit ein Grund, warum mein Vater zeitlebens so erpicht darauf war, Reichtümer anzuhäufen und dennoch lebte wie ein Geizhals, der sich nur das Nötigste gönnte.“
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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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