gemeine Figur
[ɡəˈmaɪ̯nə fiˈɡuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“gemeine Figur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objekt oder Lebewesen (stilisiert dargestellt) auf einem Wappenschild
Corpus desk
Index DE-gemeine-figur · gemeine Figur · German
gemeine Figur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | gemeine Figur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nə fiˈɡuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gemeine Figur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gemeine Figur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nə fiˈɡuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Objekt oder Lebewesen (stilisiert dargestellt) auf einem Wappenschild".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gemeine Figur, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gemeine Figur, spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-E- -F-I-G-U-R.
Definition
- 1Objekt oder Lebewesen (stilisiert dargestellt) auf einem Wappenschild
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gemeine Figur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Merlette wird oft schwarz dargestellt, kann aber prinzipiell wie jede andere gemeine Figur jede beliebige Tinktur annehmen.“
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.