Gemecker

[ɡəˈmɛkɐ]

/[ɡəˈmɛkɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gemecker” is uncommon German (frequency #80,406 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,406
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anhaltende Äußerung von Unmut, fortwährendes Meckern, Nörgelei

Corpus desk

Index DE-gemecker · Gemecker · German

Gemecker · rank #80,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,406
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geladener

Nearest frequency peer: geladener (-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 „Gemecker“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gemecker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gemecker
PropertyValue
HeadwordGemecker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈmɛkɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,406
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gemecker“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gemeckerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geladener“ (#80,405), „Gemeinderäten“ (#80,407), „Geiser“ (#80,404). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gemecker“ bei #80,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gemecker is uncommon German at frequency #80,406 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈmɛkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gemecker in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gemecker, spelled G-E-M-E-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    anhaltende Äußerung von Unmut, fortwährendes Meckern, Nörgelei
  2. 2
    meckerndes, albernes Lachen
  3. 3
    Lautäußerung von Ziegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gemecker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Gegen halb acht drehte er den Rekorder leiser, es gab immer ein grässliches Gemecker unter denen, die kamen und gingen.“
  2. „Aber sie ließ sich von Hendriks Gemecker nicht abhalten.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gemecker"?
"Gemecker" is spelled G-E-M-E-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈmɛkɐ].
What does "Gemecker" mean?
As a noun, "Gemecker" means: anhaltende Äußerung von Unmut, fortwährendes Meckern, Nörgelei
How do you pronounce "Gemecker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gemecker" is [ɡəˈmɛkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gemecker" come from?
"Gemecker" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gemecker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list