Gerhards
[ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt͡s]
The verdict
“Gerhards” is uncommon German (frequency #68,268 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,268
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gerhard
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerhards · Gerhards · German
Gerhards · rank #68,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,268
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geregelter
Nearest frequency peer: geregelter (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gerhards”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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31,733 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “Gerhards” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gerhards |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Gerhards” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Gerhards is uncommon German at frequency #68,268 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Gerhards doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gerhards, spelled G-E-R-H-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gerhard
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gerhard
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gerhard
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gerhard
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gerhard
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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