Gelehrigkeit
[ɡəˈleːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gelehrigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, leicht zu lernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelehrigkeit · Gelehrigkeit · German
Gelehrigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Gelehrigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈleːʁɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gelehrigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gelehrigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈleːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, leicht zu lernen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gelehrigkeit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gelehrigkeit, spelled G-E-L-E-H-R-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, leicht zu lernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gelehrigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er hatte klare Ansichten über ihr Verhalten, ihre Gelehrigkeit und ihre Reaktionen.“
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.