Geradlinigkeit
[ɡəˈʁaːtliːnɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Geradlinigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, einen Sachverhalt ohne Umschweife, das heißt, ohne vom Kern der zu vermittelnden Aussage abzurücken, darzustellen, beziehungsweise danach zu handeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-geradlinigkeit · Geradlinigkeit · German
Geradlinigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Geradlinigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁaːtliːnɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geradlinigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geradlinigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʁaːtliːnɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, einen Sachverhalt ohne Umschweife, das heißt, ohne vom Kern der zu vermittelnden Aussage abzurücken, darzustellen, beziehungsweise danach zu handeln".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Geradlinigkeit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Geradlinigkeit, spelled G-E-R-A-D-L-I-N-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, einen Sachverhalt ohne Umschweife, das heißt, ohne vom Kern der zu vermittelnden Aussage abzurücken, darzustellen, beziehungsweise danach zu handeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geradlinigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von ihrer Gradlinigkeit im Denken bin ich tief beeindruckt.
Die Gradlinigkeit des Vorgehens ist exemplarisch für die Handlungsweise der Gruppe.
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.