Gerte
[ˈɡɛʁtə]
The verdict
“Gerte” is uncommon German (frequency #98,491 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,491
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünner, biegsamer Stock
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerte · Gerte · German
Gerte · rank #98,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,491
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gerlich
Nearest frequency peer: Gerlich (-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 „Gerte“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gepäckwagen
Gepäckwagen
1,515 corpus weight
- Gerlich
Gerlich
1,511 corpus weight
- Gerte
Gerte
1,510 corpus weight
- Geruchsbelä…
Geruchsbelästigung
1,509 corpus weight
- Gesamthochs…
Gesamthochschule
1,508 corpus weight
- geschichtet…
geschichteten
1,506 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gerte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gerte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛʁtə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gerte is uncommon German at frequency #98,491 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünner, biegsamer Stock".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gerte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Gerte, spelled G-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1dünner, biegsamer Stock
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gerte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit der Gerte konnte er das Nest erreichen.
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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