Geschäftsleben
[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌleːbn̩]
The verdict
“Geschäftsleben” is uncommon German (frequency #58,814 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,814
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil des Lebens, den eine Person mit dem Betreiben ihrer Geschäfte verbringt
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschaftsleben · Geschäftsleben · German
Geschäftsleben · rank #58,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,814
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gesegelt
Nearest frequency peer: gesegelt (+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 „Geschäftsleben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geschichten…
Geschichtenerzähler
41,191 corpus weight
- Geschwurbel
Geschwurbel
41,190 corpus weight
- geschwänzt
geschwänzt
41,189 corpus weight
- Geschäftsle…
Geschäftsleben
41,187 corpus weight
- gesegelt
gesegelt
41,186 corpus weight
- gespoilert
gespoilert
41,185 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geschäftsleben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geschäftsleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #58,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschäftsleben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geschäftsleben is uncommon German at frequency #58,814 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌleːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil des Lebens, den eine Person mit dem Betreiben ihrer Geschäfte verbringt".
Geschäftsleben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geschäftsleben, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Teil des Lebens, den eine Person mit dem Betreiben ihrer Geschäfte verbringt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geschäftsleben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So hat er es sein Geschäftsleben lang gehalten.“
Antonyms
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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