Gescheitheit
[ɡəˈʃaɪ̯thaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gescheitheit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, klug, vernünftig oder auch listig zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-gescheitheit · Gescheitheit · German
Gescheitheit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Gescheitheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯thaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gescheitheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gescheitheit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯thaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, klug, vernünftig oder auch listig zu sein".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gescheitheit in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gescheitheit, spelled G-E-S-C-H-E-I-T-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, klug, vernünftig oder auch listig zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gescheitheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ilja Andrejewitsch sah augenblicklich die Gescheitheit dieses Vorschlages ein und billigte ihn.“
This word in other languages
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.