Geschäftsinhaber

[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sʔɪnˌhaːbɐ]

/[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sʔɪnˌhaːbɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geschäftsinhaber” is uncommon German (frequency #91,661 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,661
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ein Unternehmen, einen Betrieb besitzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschaftsinhaber · Geschäftsinhaber · German

Geschäftsinhaber · rank #91,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,661
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geschmeidiger

Nearest frequency peer: geschmeidiger (-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 „Geschäftsinhaber“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geschäftsinhaber
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeschäftsinhaber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sʔɪnˌhaːbɐ]
Letters16
Frequency rank#91,661
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschäftsinhaber“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschmeidiger“ (#91,660), „Geschäftsmodellen“ (#91,662), „Geschmackssinn“ (#91,659). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geschäftsinhaber“ bei #91,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geschäftsinhaber is uncommon German at frequency #91,661 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sʔɪnˌhaːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ein Unternehmen, einen Betrieb besitzt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Geschäftsinhaber, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geschäftsinhaber, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S-I-N-H-A-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die ein Unternehmen, einen Betrieb besitzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der unschlüssige Geschäftsinhaber hatte keine Ahnung von Kirgisistan und wusste auch nicht wo es eine Vertretung gab.“
  2. „In vielen Fällen kauft der Geschäftsinhaber Werbeflächen auf diesen websites, die Bannerwerbung kann jedoch auch als Teil einer Austausch- oder affiliate Marketingkampagne platziert werden.“

Synonyms

EntrepreneurFirmeninhaberUnternehmensinhaberUnternehmensleiterUnternehmer

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 "Geschäftsinhaber"?
"Geschäftsinhaber" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S-I-N-H-A-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sʔɪnˌhaːbɐ].
What does "Geschäftsinhaber" mean?
As a noun, "Geschäftsinhaber" means: Person, die ein Unternehmen, einen Betrieb besitzt
How do you pronounce "Geschäftsinhaber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geschäftsinhaber" is [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sʔɪnˌhaːbɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geschäftsinhaber" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list