geschäftige

[ɡəˈʃɛftɪɡə]

/[ɡəˈʃɛftɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“geschäftige” is uncommon German (frequency #97,054 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,054
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 geschäftig

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschaftige · geschäftige · German

geschäftige · rank #97,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,054
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gesamtschaden

Nearest frequency peer: Gesamtschaden (-2 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 „geschäftige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geschäftige
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschäftige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃɛftɪɡə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#97,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geschäftige“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gesamtschaden“ (#97,052), „Gesichtshaut“ (#97,056), „gespaltener“ (#97,057). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geschäftige“ bei #97,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschäftige is uncommon German at frequency #97,054 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃɛftɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for geschäftige in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 geschäftige, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G-E.

Definition

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

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 "geschäftige"?
"geschäftige" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃɛftɪɡə].
What does "geschäftige" mean?
As an adjective, "geschäftige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschäftig
How do you pronounce "geschäftige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschäftige" is [ɡəˈʃɛftɪɡə]. 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 "geschäftige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gespaltener#97,057gespaltenes#97,058gereinigten#97,048Generalität#97,042

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list