generations
[ˌd͡ʒenəˈreɪʃəns]
The verdict
“generations” is uncommon German (frequency #75,694 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,694
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs generation
Corpus desk
Index DE-generations · generations · German
generations · rank #75,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,694
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Generalstabs
Nearest frequency peer: Generalstabs (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “generations”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gemeinsinn
Gemeinsinn
24,310 corpus weight
- Generalgouv…
Generalgouverneur
24,309 corpus weight
- Generalstabs
Generalstabs
24,308 corpus weight
- generations
generations
24,307 corpus weight
- Genitalvers…
Genitalverstümmelung
24,306 corpus weight
- Genossensch…
Genossenschaftsbank
24,305 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “generations” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | generations |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌd͡ʒenəˈreɪʃəns] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “generations” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
generations is uncommon German at frequency #75,694 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌd͡ʒenəˈreɪʃəns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs generation".
generations has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is generations, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs generation
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.
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