Gerippe

[ɡəˈʁɪpə]

/[ɡəˈʁɪpə]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gerippe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGerippe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʁɪpə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerippe“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gerippefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geraubten“ (#79,204), „Germans“ (#79,206), „geraubte“ (#79,203). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gerippe“ bei #79,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Skelett, Knochengerüst, aus den festen, tragenden Teilen eines Körpers bestehend
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit der zentralen Bauteile einer technischen Konstruktion
  3. 3
    Grundstruktur eines sprachlichen oder künstlerischen Produkts
  4. 4
    sehr dürre, abgemagerte Person (die einem Skelett ähnelt)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er war zu einem Gerippe abgemagert.
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gerippe"?
"Gerippe" is spelled G-E-R-I-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɪpə].
What does "Gerippe" mean?
As a noun, "Gerippe" means: Skelett, Knochengerüst, aus den festen, tragenden Teilen eines Körpers bestehend
How do you pronounce "Gerippe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gerippe" is [ɡəˈʁɪpə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gerippe" come from?
"Gerippe" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list