Geodäsie
[ˌɡeodɛˈziː]
The verdict
“Geodäsie” is uncommon German (frequency #71,382 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,382
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wissenschaft von der Vermessung der Erdoberfläche und von der Technik der Vermessung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geodäsie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɡeodɛˈziː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geodäsie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Geodäsie is uncommon German at frequency #71,382 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɡeodɛˈziː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaft von der Vermessung der Erdoberfläche und von der Technik der Vermessung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Geodäsie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Geodäsie, spelled G-E-O-D-Ä-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft von der Vermessung der Erdoberfläche und von der Technik der Vermessung
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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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Using “Geodäsie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-O-D-Ä-S-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɡeodɛˈziː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.