gellen
[ˈɡɛlən]
The verdict
“gellen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit lauter Stimme rufen, einen Schrei ausstoßen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gellen · gellen · German
gellen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gellen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛlən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gellen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gellen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡɛlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gellen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 gellen, spelled G-E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit lauter Stimme rufen, einen Schrei ausstoßen
- 2durch einen lauten Ruf erschüttert werden, nachhallen, schallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gellen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dann erspähten seine scharfen Falkenaugen etwas und er gellte einen schallenden Ruf durch die Nacht.“
Ein Schrei gellt durch die Nacht.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.