generös
[ɡenəˈʁøːs]
The verdict
“generös” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großzügig
Corpus desk
Index DE-generos · generös · German
generös · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | generös |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡenəˈʁøːs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „generös“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
generös is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡenəˈʁøːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großzügig".
generös has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is generös, spelled G-E-N-E-R-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1großzügig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how generös appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er erwies sich mal wieder als sehr generös.
„Was die technische Seite betrifft, so bereitete dies den Konstrukteuren und Ingenieuren nicht sonderlich Kopfschmerzen […] Relevanter war da schon der finanzielle Aspekt. Hier zeigte sich Saudi-Arabien generös, […]“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.