Gendarm

[ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]

/[ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gendarm” is uncommon German (frequency #67,258 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,258
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polizist auf dem Land

Corpus desk

Index DE-gendarm · Gendarm · German

Gendarm · rank #67,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,258
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gemütszustand

Nearest frequency peer: Gemütszustand (-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 „Gendarm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gendarm
PropertyValue
HeadwordGendarm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gendarm“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gemütszustand“ (#67,257), „gemauerten“ (#67,256), „gemahnt“ (#67,255). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gendarm“ bei #67,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gendarm is uncommon German at frequency #67,258 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polizist auf dem Land".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gendarm, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gendarm, spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Polizist auf dem Land

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Sobald die beiden entsetzlichen Menschen nach Lichtenfels kamen, wo ihn fast jedes Kind am Bahnhofe kannte und der Gendarm sich für seinen speziellen Freund hielt, war er verloren.“
  2. „Der Gendarm verlangte, etwas lauter als zuvor, einen Paß.“

Synonyms

Polizist

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 "Gendarm"?
"Gendarm" is spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm].
What does "Gendarm" mean?
As a noun, "Gendarm" means: Polizist auf dem Land
How do you pronounce "Gendarm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gendarm" is [ʒɑ̃ˈdaʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gendarm" come from?
"Gendarm" 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 "Gendarm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gemahnt#67,255gestylt#67,267geziert#67,273Gedärme#67,241

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list