gerissene

[ɡəˈʁɪsənə]

/[ɡəˈʁɪsənə]/ adj

The verdict

“gerissene” is uncommon German (frequency #64,303 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,303
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gerissene · gerissene · German

gerissene · rank #64,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,303
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gerichtsmediz…

Nearest frequency peer: Gerichtsmedizin (-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 „gerissene“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gerissene
PropertyValue
Headwordgerissene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʁɪsənə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gerissene“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gerichtsmedizin“ (#64,302), „gepfändet“ (#64,301), „Germersheim“ (#64,305). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gerissene“ bei #64,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gerissene is uncommon German at frequency #64,303 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪsənə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

gerissene has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gerissene, spelled G-E-R-I-S-S-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen

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 "gerissene"?
"gerissene" is spelled G-E-R-I-S-S-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɪsənə].
What does "gerissene" mean?
As an adjective, "gerissene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gerissen
How do you pronounce "gerissene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gerissene" is [ɡəˈʁɪsənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list