Generalstabs

[ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃtaːps]

/[ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃtaːps]/ noun

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The verdict

“Generalstabs” is uncommon German (frequency #75,693 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,693
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Generalstab

Corpus desk

Index DE-generalstabs · Generalstabs · German

Generalstabs · rank #75,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,693
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Generalgouver…

Nearest frequency peer: Generalgouverneur (-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 „Generalstabs“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Generalstabs
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeneralstabs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃtaːps]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Generalstabs“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Generalgouverneur“ (#75,692), „generations“ (#75,694), „Gemeinsinn“ (#75,691). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Generalstabs“ bei #75,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Generalstabs is uncommon German at frequency #75,693 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃtaːps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Generalstab".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Generalstabs, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Generalstabs, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-S-T-A-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Generalstab

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 "Generalstabs"?
"Generalstabs" is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-S-T-A-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃtaːps].
What does "Generalstabs" mean?
As a noun, "Generalstabs" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Generalstab
How do you pronounce "Generalstabs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Generalstabs" is [ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃtaːps]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Generalstabs" come from?
"Generalstabs" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gefriertruhe#75,678Gastgeschenk#75,672grauenhaften#75,725Grenzpolizei#75,728

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list