gerinnen
[ɡəˈʁɪnən]
The verdict
“gerinnen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (als einzelne Substanz) aus einer Suspension oder Lösung zusammenklumpen und ausfallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerinnen · gerinnen · German
gerinnen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gerinnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁɪnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gerinnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gerinnen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(als einzelne Substanz) aus einer Suspension oder Lösung zusammenklumpen und ausfallen".
gerinnen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 gerinnen, spelled G-E-R-I-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(als einzelne Substanz) aus einer Suspension oder Lösung zusammenklumpen und ausfallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gerinnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Milch war leider geronnen.
Das Blut gerann uns in den Adern.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.