Geschiebe
[ɡəˈʃiːbə]
The verdict
“Geschiebe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stetiges oder wiederholtes Bewegen von etwas durch Druck
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschiebe · Geschiebe · German
Geschiebe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Geschiebe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃiːbə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschiebe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geschiebe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃiːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Geschiebe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Geschiebe, spelled G-E-S-C-H-I-E-B-E.
Definition
- 1stetiges oder wiederholtes Bewegen von etwas durch Druck
- 2von einer Kraft (Gletscher/fließendes Wasser) über Grund bewegte (=‚geschobene‘) Masse (meistens Sand, Steine)
- 3die zum Befestigen dienenden Elemente einer Zahnprothese (Patrize) zusammen mit den entsprechenden im Kiefer fest sitzenden Verankerungen (Matrize)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geschiebe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jenes Gedränge und Geschiebe von Menschen, die vollgepfropften Treppen und Gänge bei noch halbleerer Kirche, der Neid und Streit um einen Sitzplatz, […] von dem allen finden wie keine Spur […].“
„Von den Gebirgsabhängen stürzen zahlreiche, aber meist nur zur Regenzeit Wasser führende Bäche herunter, die ihre Geschiebe an den veränderlichen Ufern ablagern und an der Mündung meist kleine Deltas bilden.“
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.