Geschmacksrichtung

[ɡəˈʃmaksˌʁɪçtʊŋ]

/[ɡəˈʃmaksˌʁɪçtʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geschmacksrichtung” is uncommon German (frequency #61,539 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,539
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Richtung, grobe Vergleichseinordnung eines Geschmacks zu einem anderen bekannten Geschmack

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschmacksrichtung · Geschmacksrichtung · German

Geschmacksrichtung · rank #61,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,539
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geschlechtlic…

Nearest frequency peer: geschlechtliche (-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 „Geschmacksrichtung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geschmacksrichtung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeschmacksrichtung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃmaksˌʁɪçtʊŋ]
Letters18
Frequency rank#61,539
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschmacksrichtung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschlechtliche“ (#61,538), „geschnitzten“ (#61,540), „Gerichtstermin“ (#61,536). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geschmacksrichtung“ bei #61,539. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geschmacksrichtung is uncommon German at frequency #61,539 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃmaksˌʁɪçtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Geschmacksrichtung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Geschmacksrichtung, spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-A-C-K-S-R-I-C-H-T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Richtung, grobe Vergleichseinordnung eines Geschmacks zu einem anderen bekannten Geschmack
  2. 2
    Richtung, Tendenz des ästhetischen Geschmacks einer Zeit oder einer Epoche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Neben den bereits erwähnten Geschmackrichtungen süss, bitter, sauer und salzig können Menschen auch Wasser und Fett schmecken.“
  2. „Diese Geschmacksrichtung bezeichneten sie daher als umami – das japanische Wort für „fleischig, herzhaft“.“

This word in other languages

taste(English)sabor(Español)

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 "Geschmacksrichtung"?
"Geschmacksrichtung" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-A-C-K-S-R-I-C-H-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃmaksˌʁɪçtʊŋ].
What does "Geschmacksrichtung" mean?
As a noun, "Geschmacksrichtung" means: Richtung, grobe Vergleichseinordnung eines Geschmacks zu einem anderen bekannten Geschmack
How do you pronounce "Geschmacksrichtung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geschmacksrichtung" is [ɡəˈʃmaksˌʁɪçtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geschmacksrichtung" come from?
"Geschmacksrichtung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list