Gelege

[ɡəˈleːɡə]

/[ɡəˈleːɡə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gelege” is uncommon German (frequency #73,529 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,529
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alle Eier, die zu einer bestimmten Zeit an einem bestimmten Ort abgelegt wurden

Corpus desk

Index DE-gelege · Gelege · German

Gelege · rank #73,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,529
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geliehenen

Nearest frequency peer: geliehenen (+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 „Gelege“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gelege
PropertyValue
HeadwordGelege
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈleːɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gelege“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gelegefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geliehenen“ (#73,530), „geltender“ (#73,532), „Gehaltsliste“ (#73,525). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gelege“ bei #73,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gelege is uncommon German at frequency #73,529 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈleːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Gelege doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gelege, spelled G-E-L-E-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    alle Eier, die zu einer bestimmten Zeit an einem bestimmten Ort abgelegt wurden
  2. 2
    mit der Sichel zusammengerafftes Getreide
  3. 3
    textile Flächenstruktur, die unter anderem zur Verstärkung von Verbundstoffen genutzt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gelege appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nicht alle Eier eines Geleges entwickeln sich zu lebensfähigen Vögeln.
  2. Das Gelege eines Steinadlers besteht meist aus 2-3 Eiern.

Synonyms

Eigelege

Antonyms

Gewebe

This word in other languages

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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 "Gelege"?
"Gelege" is spelled G-E-L-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈleːɡə].
What does "Gelege" mean?
As a noun, "Gelege" means: alle Eier, die zu einer bestimmten Zeit an einem bestimmten Ort abgelegt wurden
How do you pronounce "Gelege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gelege" is [ɡəˈleːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gelege" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list