Gerontologie
[ɡeʁɔntoloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Gerontologie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, Lehre von den Alterungsvorgängen des Menschen, von verschiedenen Phänomenen, die mit dem Altsein/Älterwerden zusammenhängen
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Index DE-gerontologie · Gerontologie · German
Gerontologie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Gerontologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡeʁɔntoloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerontologie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gerontologie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡeʁɔntoloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, Lehre von den Alterungsvorgängen des Menschen, von verschiedenen Phänomenen, die mit dem Altsein/Älterwerden zusammenhängen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gerontologie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gerontologie, spelled G-E-R-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, Lehre von den Alterungsvorgängen des Menschen, von verschiedenen Phänomenen, die mit dem Altsein/Älterwerden zusammenhängen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gerontologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als einzige Einrichtung in Deutschland bietet die Hochschule in Vechta (Niedersachsen) Gerontologie im Vollstudium an. 30 bis 60 Studenten pro Jahrgang studieren das Fach an der mit knapp 2800 Studenten ohnehin familiär anmutenden Hochschule.“
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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.