Geologe

[ɡeoˈloːɡə]

/[ɡeoˈloːɡə]/ noun

The verdict

“Geologe” is uncommon German (frequency #52,111 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,111
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Geologie tätiger Wissenschaftler

Corpus desk

Index DE-geologe · Geologe · German

Geologe · rank #52,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,111
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geopolitik

Nearest frequency peer: Geopolitik (+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 „Geologe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geologe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeologe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡeoˈloːɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,111
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geologe“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Geologefällt 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: „Geopolitik“ (#52,112), „gekochten“ (#52,109), „gerufenen“ (#52,113). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geologe“ bei #52,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geologe is uncommon German at frequency #52,111 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡeoˈloːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Geologie tätiger Wissenschaftler".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Geologe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Geologe, spelled G-E-O-L-O-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der Geologie tätiger Wissenschaftler

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Geologe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Geologen haben im Vergleich mit Archäologen größere Chancen, in der Privatwirtschaft unterzukommen.
  2. „Meine Schwiegermutter heiratete und fuhr mit ihrem Mann zusammen nach Sachalin, wo die beiden fünfundzwanzig Jahre lang als Geologen nach Öl und anderen Bodenschätzen suchten.“

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); 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 "Geologe"?
"Geologe" is spelled G-E-O-L-O-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡeoˈloːɡə].
What does "Geologe" mean?
As a noun, "Geologe" means: in der Geologie tätiger Wissenschaftler
How do you pronounce "Geologe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geologe" is [ɡeoˈloːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geologe" come from?
"Geologe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list