Gersthofen

[ɡɛʁstˈhoːfn̩]

/[ɡɛʁstˈhoːfn̩]/ name

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The verdict

“Gersthofen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,311 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,311
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-gersthofen · Gersthofen · German

Gersthofen · rank #70,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,311
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gerichtsurtei…

Nearest frequency peer: Gerichtsurteile (-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 „Gersthofen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gersthofen
PropertyValue
HeadwordGersthofen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɡɛʁstˈhoːfn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,311
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gersthofen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gersthofenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gerichtsurteile“ (#70,310), „Gerüste“ (#70,312), „gesalzen“ (#70,313). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gersthofen“ bei #70,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gersthofen is uncommon German at frequency #70,311 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡɛʁstˈhoːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gersthofen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gersthofen, spelled G-E-R-S-T-H-O-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Gersthofen liegt im Südosten von Deutschland.

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 "Gersthofen"?
"Gersthofen" is spelled G-E-R-S-T-H-O-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɛʁstˈhoːfn̩].
What does "Gersthofen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gersthofen" means: eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Gersthofen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gersthofen" is [ɡɛʁstˈhoːfn̩]. 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 "Gersthofen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geordneter#70,307gelassenen#70,300Geiselhaft#70,298Gegentoren#70,296

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list