Gerichtsstand

[ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌʃtant]

/[ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌʃtant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gerichtsstand” is uncommon German (frequency #58,807 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,807
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - örtliche Zuständigkeit eines Gerichts

Corpus desk

Index DE-gerichtsstand · Gerichtsstand · German

Gerichtsstand · rank #58,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,807
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gereiht

Nearest frequency peer: gereiht (-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 „Gerichtsstand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gerichtsstand
PropertyValue
HeadwordGerichtsstand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌʃtant]
Letters13
Frequency rank#58,807
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerichtsstand“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gerichtsstandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gereiht“ (#58,806), „germanisch“ (#58,808), „Generalkonsulat“ (#58,805). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gerichtsstand“ bei #58,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gerichtsstand is uncommon German at frequency #58,807 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "örtliche Zuständigkeit eines Gerichts".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gerichtsstand, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gerichtsstand, spelled G-E-R-I-C-H-T-S-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    örtliche Zuständigkeit eines Gerichts

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Zivilprozessordnung enthält eine gesetzliche Regelung des Gerichtsstandes.
  2. Wenn Kaufleute den Gerichtsstand für ihre Rechtsstreitigkeiten im voraus vertraglich vereinbaren, spricht man von einer Prorogation.

This word in other languages

juridiction(Français)

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 "Gerichtsstand"?
"Gerichtsstand" is spelled G-E-R-I-C-H-T-S-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌʃtant].
What does "Gerichtsstand" mean?
As a noun, "Gerichtsstand" means: örtliche Zuständigkeit eines Gerichts
How do you pronounce "Gerichtsstand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gerichtsstand" is [ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gerichtsstand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list