Gerippe
[ɡəˈʁɪpə]
The verdict
“Gerippe” is uncommon German (frequency #79,205 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,205
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Skelett, Knochengerüst, aus den festen, tragenden Teilen eines Körpers bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerippe · Gerippe · German
Gerippe · rank #79,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,205
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geraubten
Nearest frequency peer: geraubten (-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 „Gerippe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geraldine
Geraldine
20,799 corpus weight
- geraubte
geraubte
20,798 corpus weight
- geraubten
geraubten
20,797 corpus weight
- Gerippe
Gerippe
20,796 corpus weight
- Germans
Germans
20,795 corpus weight
- Gernsheim
Gernsheim
20,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gerippe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gerippe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁɪpə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerippe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gerippe is uncommon German at frequency #79,205 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Gerippe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gerippe, spelled G-E-R-I-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Skelett, Knochengerüst, aus den festen, tragenden Teilen eines Körpers bestehend
- 2Gesamtheit der zentralen Bauteile einer technischen Konstruktion
- 3Grundstruktur eines sprachlichen oder künstlerischen Produkts
- 4sehr dürre, abgemagerte Person (die einem Skelett ähnelt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gerippe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war zu einem Gerippe abgemagert.
„Auf der einen Seite des Fjordes lagern zwei Boote in einer Lagerhalle aus Wellblech, eingezwängt zwischen den Felsen, in der Bucht gegenüber liegt das hellgelbe Gerippe eines Zwergwals, an dem blaues Ölzeug zum Trocknen hängt.“
Antonyms
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); 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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).