generationenübergreifend
[ɡenəʁaˈt͡si̯oːnənˌʔyːbɐɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t]
The verdict
“generationenübergreifend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrere Generationen (von Menschen) betreffend, umfassend
Corpus desk
Index DE-generationenubergreifend · generationenübergreifend · German
generationenübergreifend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 | generationenübergreifend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡenəʁaˈt͡si̯oːnənˌʔyːbɐɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t] |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „generationenübergreifend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
generationenübergreifend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡenəʁaˈt͡si̯oːnənˌʔyːbɐɡʁaɪ̯fn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehrere Generationen (von Menschen) betreffend, umfassend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for generationenübergreifend, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is generationenübergreifend, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N-E-N-Ü-B-E-R-G-R-E-I-F-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1mehrere Generationen (von Menschen) betreffend, umfassend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how generationenübergreifend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Damals befand sich ein großer überregionaler Rossmarkt in Moosburg an der Isar. Der Heilige der Stadt, Sankt Kastulus, stand im Ruf, der Schutzpatron der Rossdiebe zu sein. In Moosburg stand aber auch ein Galgen, an dem viele der Hallertauer Pferdediebe ihr Leben aushauchten. Der Moosburger Pfarrer Anton Nagel berichtet um 1790, dass an einem Tag generat…
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