gelenkig
[ɡəˈlɛŋkɪç]
The verdict
“gelenkig” is uncommon German (frequency #71,378 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,378
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu geschmeidigen, behänden Bewegungen fähig
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelenkig · gelenkig · German
gelenkig · rank #71,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,378
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geldsystem
Nearest frequency peer: Geldsystem (-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 „gelenkig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gehämmert
gehämmert
28,626 corpus weight
- Geldsystem
Geldsystem
28,624 corpus weight
- gelenkig
gelenkig
28,623 corpus weight
- Gellert
Gellert
28,622 corpus weight
- gems
gems
28,621 corpus weight
- Genüssen
Genüssen
28,620 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gelenkig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelenkig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈlɛŋkɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gelenkig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gelenkig is uncommon German at frequency #71,378 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈlɛŋkɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu geschmeidigen, behänden Bewegungen fähig".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gelenkig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gelenkig, spelled G-E-L-E-N-K-I-G.
Definition
- 1zu geschmeidigen, behänden Bewegungen fähig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gelenkig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist erstaunlich, wie gelenkig die jungen Gymnastinnen sind.
Die alte Dame ist noch sehr gelenkig. Sie kann mühelos einen Spagat machen.
Antonyms
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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