geschäftig

[ɡəˈʃɛftɪç]

/[ɡəˈʃɛftɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“geschäftig” is uncommon German (frequency #99,881 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,881
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unentwegt tätig, sich mit etwas beschäftigend

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschaftig · geschäftig · German

geschäftig · rank #99,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,881
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geschlungen

Nearest frequency peer: geschlungen (-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 „geschäftig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geschäftig
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschäftig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃɛftɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,881
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geschäftig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschlungen“ (#99,880), „geschlechtsspezifischen“ (#99,879), „gesellschaftskritischen“ (#99,883). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geschäftig“ bei #99,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschäftig is uncommon German at frequency #99,881 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃɛftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unentwegt tätig, sich mit etwas beschäftigend".

geschäftig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is geschäftig, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    unentwegt tätig, sich mit etwas beschäftigend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Hauptstadt Douglas (knapp 24.000 Einwohner) liegt in einer Bucht und gilt als geschäftiges Zentrum der Insel.“
  2. Das stets geschäftige Treiben ist typisch für den Wochenmarkt.

Synonyms

betriebsamfleißig

This word in other languages

busy(English)diligente(Español)actif(Français)

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 "geschäftig"?
"geschäftig" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃɛftɪç].
What does "geschäftig" mean?
As an adjective, "geschäftig" means: unentwegt tätig, sich mit etwas beschäftigend
How do you pronounce "geschäftig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschäftig" is [ɡəˈʃɛftɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschäftig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

generative#99,863glasklaren#99,901Golfplätze#99,906Grandhotel#99,910

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list