Gemeindevorsteher

[ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]

/[ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gemeindevorsteher” is uncommon German (frequency #86,524 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,524
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leiter/Vorsteher einer Gemeinde

Corpus desk

Index DE-gemeindevorsteher · Gemeindevorsteher · German

Gemeindevorsteher · rank #86,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,524
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gemeindebau

Nearest frequency peer: Gemeindebau (-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 „Gemeindevorsteher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gemeindevorsteher
PropertyValue
HeadwordGemeindevorsteher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]
Letters17
Frequency rank#86,524
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gemeindevorsteher“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gemeindevorsteherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gemeindebau“ (#86,523), „Gemächern“ (#86,525), „gemahlenen“ (#86,522). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gemeindevorsteher“ bei #86,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gemeindevorsteher is uncommon German at frequency #86,524 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leiter/Vorsteher einer Gemeinde".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gemeindevorsteher, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gemeindevorsteher, spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-D-E-V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Leiter/Vorsteher einer Gemeinde

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie kommen mit freigiebigen Händen, bringen kleine Geschenke mit, Kalbfleisch und Kekse, natürlich Süßes für die Kinder, sogar ein fünfjähriges Pferd; und nicht zuletzt Post, die seit drei oder vier Wochen unten in Bæ gelegen hat, beim Gemeindevorsteher, der grüßen lässt.“

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 "Gemeindevorsteher"?
"Gemeindevorsteher" is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-D-E-V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ].
What does "Gemeindevorsteher" mean?
As a noun, "Gemeindevorsteher" means: Leiter/Vorsteher einer Gemeinde
How do you pronounce "Gemeindevorsteher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gemeindevorsteher" is [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gemeindevorsteher" come from?
"Gemeindevorsteher" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list