Gerberei

[ɡɛʁbəˈʁaɪ̯]

/[ɡɛʁbəˈʁaɪ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gerberei” is uncommon German (frequency #87,747 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,747
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Betrieb, der Tierhäute zu Leder verarbeitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-gerberei · Gerberei · German

Gerberei · rank #87,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,747
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH genügsam

Nearest frequency peer: genügsam (-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 „Gerberei“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gerberei
PropertyValue
HeadwordGerberei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɛʁbəˈʁaɪ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,747
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerberei“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „genügsam“ (#87,746), „Gericke“ (#87,748), „gescherzt“ (#87,749). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gerberei“ bei #87,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gerberei is uncommon German at frequency #87,747 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɛʁbəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Betrieb, der Tierhäute zu Leder verarbeitet".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gerberei in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gerberei, spelled G-E-R-B-E-R-E-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Betrieb, der Tierhäute zu Leder verarbeitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mein Nachbar hat früher in einer Gerberei gearbeitet.
  2. „…, während die Gerberei vor der Stadt am Donauarm und an dem Wienfluss betrieben wurde.“

Synonyms

Lederfabrik

This word in other languages

tannery(English)curtiduría(Español)tannerie(Français)curtume(Português)

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 "Gerberei"?
"Gerberei" is spelled G-E-R-B-E-R-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɛʁbəˈʁaɪ̯].
What does "Gerberei" mean?
As a noun, "Gerberei" means: Betrieb, der Tierhäute zu Leder verarbeitet
How do you pronounce "Gerberei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gerberei" is [ɡɛʁbəˈʁaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gerberei" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

genügsam#87,746Gesichte#87,753gestielt#87,755Gestirne#87,756

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list