Gelöbnis
[ɡəˈløːpnɪs]
The verdict
“Gelöbnis” is uncommon German (frequency #57,021 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,021
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein feierliches (rituelles) Versprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelobnis · Gelöbnis · German
Gelöbnis · rank #57,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,021
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gelästert
Nearest frequency peer: gelästert (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gelöbnis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gehwegen
Gehwegen
42,983 corpus weight
- geistert
geistert
42,982 corpus weight
- gelästert
gelästert
42,981 corpus weight
- Gelöbnis
Gelöbnis
42,980 corpus weight
- gemeinter
gemeinter
42,979 corpus weight
- genügten
genügten
42,978 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gelöbnis” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gelöbnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈløːpnɪs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gelöbnis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gelöbnis is uncommon German at frequency #57,021 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈløːpnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Gelöbnis has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gelöbnis, spelled G-E-L-Ö-B-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1ein feierliches (rituelles) Versprechen
- 2Bekenntnis, das Rekruten ablegen und damit ihre Pflichten annehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gelöbnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich unterzeichne dieses Gelöbnis, lerne es auswendig und wiederhole es täglich einmal laut.
„Wer das Gelöbnis bricht, so verkünden die Anführer, dem bringt es den Tod.“
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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