gering
German, adjective/ɡəˈʁɪŋ/
gering is spelled G-E-R-I-N-G (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,312th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gering is a German adjective meaning “little, low” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “klein oder unbedeutend in Bezug auf die Menge, die Anzahl, den Umfang, die Qualität”.
What does gering mean in English?
adjective
- 1
little, low
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. klein oder unbedeutend in Bezug auf die Menge, die Anzahl, den Umfang, die Qualität 2. einer niederen sozialen Schicht zugehörig 3. jung, schwach, klein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gering
- geringer masculine nominative singular
- am geringsten superlative
- geringe feminine nominative singular
- geringes neuter nominative singular
- geringen genitive masculine singular
- geringem dative masculine singular
- der geringe definite includes-article masculine
- die geringe definite feminine includes-article
- das geringe definite includes-article neuter
- die geringen definite includes-article nominative
- des geringen definite genitive includes-article
- der geringen definite feminine genitive
- dem geringen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gering?
- /ɡəˈʁɪŋ/
- [ɡəˈʁɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gering
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gering in German?
gering appears 25 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).