gemäßigt
[ɡəˈmɛːsɪçt]
The verdict
“gemäßigt” 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) - im richtigen, nicht übertriebenen Maße
Corpus desk
Index DE-gema-igt · gemäßigt · German
gemäßigt · 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 | gemäßigt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmɛːsɪçt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gemäßigt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gemäßigt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈmɛːsɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gemäßigt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gemäßigt, spelled G-E-M-Ä-S-S-I-G-T.
Definition
- 1im richtigen, nicht übertriebenen Maße
- 2vernünftige Grenzen einhaltend, einen Ausgleich zulassend
- 3einer Zone mit ausgeglichenem Klima angehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gemäßigt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Denn Meuthen, 54-jähriger Professor an der Verwaltungshochschule in Kehl, pflegt eine gemäßigte Rhetorik.
Warum also soll Donald Trump nun respektvoll und gemäßigt auftreten, wenn seine Partei sich schon seit Jahren in Respektlosigkeit und Blockade gefällt?
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.