Geschäftigkeit
[ɡəˈʃɛftɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Geschäftigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das eifrige und emsige Handeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschaftigkeit · Geschäftigkeit · German
Geschäftigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Geschäftigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛftɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschäftigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geschäftigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃɛftɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das eifrige und emsige Handeln".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Geschäftigkeit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Geschäftigkeit, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1das eifrige und emsige Handeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geschäftigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seine Schwägerin konnte ihn nicht leiden.. Er sei ihr unheimlich, sagte sie, seine Geschäftigkeit scheine ihr eine Form des Wahnsinns, […].“
„Am 11. Oktober, demselben Tage, an dem im Hauptquartier alles durch die Nachricht von Macks Niederlage in aufgeregte Geschäftigkeit versetzt worden war, ging beim Stab der Schwadron das Lagerleben gemächlich wie immer dahin.“
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.