gelehrig
[ɡəˈleːʁɪç]
The verdict
“gelehrig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerne und schnell lernend, schnell in der Auffassung, leicht zu belehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelehrig · gelehrig · German
gelehrig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelehrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈleːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gelehrig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gelehrig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈleːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gerne und schnell lernend, schnell in der Auffassung, leicht zu belehren".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gelehrig, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gelehrig, spelled G-E-L-E-H-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1gerne und schnell lernend, schnell in der Auffassung, leicht zu belehren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gelehrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Karl, der die Worte des Paters begierig in sich aufnahm, war inzwischen einer seiner gelehrigsten Schüler geworden.
Ein gelehriges Tier kann seine Lebensgewohnheiten schnell der menschlichen Umgebung anpassen.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.