Gemeinheit

[ɡəˈmaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]

/[ɡəˈmaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gemeinheit” is uncommon German (frequency #51,345 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,345
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bösartigkeit, Unfreundlichkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-gemeinheit · Gemeinheit · German

Gemeinheit · rank #51,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,345
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gelegte

Nearest frequency peer: gelegte (-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 „Gemeinheit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gemeinheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordGemeinheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈmaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gemeinheit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gemeinheitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gelegte“ (#51,344), „Gemüte“ (#51,346), „Geldmangel“ (#51,343). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gemeinheit“ bei #51,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gemeinheit is uncommon German at frequency #51,345 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bösartigkeit, Unfreundlichkeit".

Gemeinheit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Gemeinheit, spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-H-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bösartigkeit, Unfreundlichkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich möchte gar nicht alle Gemeinheiten aufzählen, die mein Nachbar mir angetan hat.
  2. „Ich sagte ihr in wenigen Worten, welche Angelegenheit mich zu ihr führte, und versicherte ihr zugleich, daß sie mich nie einer Gemeinheit für fähig halten dürfe.“

Synonyms

BösartigkeitBosheitBöswilligkeitNiedertrachtUnfreundlichkeit

Antonyms

Freundlichkeit

This word in other languages

meanness(English)fealdad(Español)

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 "Gemeinheit"?
"Gemeinheit" is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t].
What does "Gemeinheit" mean?
As a noun, "Gemeinheit" means: Bösartigkeit, Unfreundlichkeit
How do you pronounce "Gemeinheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gemeinheit" is [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gemeinheit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Geldmangel#51,343gehörlosen#51,341gequetscht#51,349Gastgebern#51,332

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list