geraume

[ɡəˈʁaʊ̯mə]

/[ɡəˈʁaʊ̯mə]/ adj

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The verdict

“geraume” is uncommon German (frequency #53,725 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,725
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum

Corpus desk

Index DE-geraume · geraume · German

geraume · rank #53,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,725
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gepunktet

Nearest frequency peer: gepunktet (-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 „geraume“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geraume
PropertyValue
Headwordgeraume
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʁaʊ̯mə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,725
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geraume“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).geraumefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gepunktet“ (#53,724), „Geruchssinn“ (#53,726), „geprägtes“ (#53,723). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geraume“ bei #53,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geraume is uncommon German at frequency #53,725 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʁaʊ̯mə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

geraume doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is geraume, spelled G-E-R-A-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum

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 "geraume"?
"geraume" is spelled G-E-R-A-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁaʊ̯mə].
What does "geraume" mean?
As an adjective, "geraume" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geraum
How do you pronounce "geraume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geraume" is [ɡəˈʁaʊ̯mə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geraume" come from?
"geraume" 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 "geraume", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Gelüste#53,721Glastür#53,736Gondeln#53,740hämisch#53,790

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list