Geophysik
[ˈɡeːofyˌziːk]
The verdict
“Geophysik” is uncommon German (frequency #68,265 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,265
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaft von den physikalischen Eigenschaften und Vorgängen der Erdkruste und des Erdinnern
Corpus desk
Index DE-geophysik · Geophysik · German
Geophysik · rank #68,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,265
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geradlinige
Nearest frequency peer: geradlinige (+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 „Geophysik“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- geläufige
geläufige
31,740 corpus weight
- gemeinschaf…
gemeinschaftlicher
31,739 corpus weight
- Geophysik
Geophysik
31,736 corpus weight
- geradlinige
geradlinige
31,735 corpus weight
- geregelter
geregelter
31,734 corpus weight
- Gerhards
Gerhards
31,733 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geophysik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geophysik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːofyˌziːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geophysik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geophysik is uncommon German at frequency #68,265 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːofyˌziːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Geophysik in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Geophysik, spelled G-E-O-P-H-Y-S-I-K.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft von den physikalischen Eigenschaften und Vorgängen der Erdkruste und des Erdinnern
- 2zusätzlich zu ^([1]) Physik der Ozeane und der Atmosphäre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geophysik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit der Entdeckung der Röntgenbeugung konnte man die mineralogische Zusammensetzung auch von feinkristallinen Gesteinen bestimmen, mit der Entwicklung der Geophysik gewann man erstmals Erkenntnisse über das Innere der Erde.“
„Savage und Peterson fanden 1963 mit Hilfe der Geophysik heraus, das sich der obere Teil des Gletschers schneller als der untere Teil bewegt.“
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.
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