Geschmackssinn

[ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn]

/[ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geschmackssinn” is uncommon German (frequency #91,659 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,659
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Fähigkeit von Menschen und Tieren mit der Zunge den Geschmack von etwas wahrzunehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschmackssinn · Geschmackssinn · German

Geschmackssinn · rank #91,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,659
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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 „Geschmackssinn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geschmackssinn
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeschmackssinn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn]
Letters14
Frequency rank#91,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschmackssinn“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschmeidiger“ (#91,660), „Geschäftsinhaber“ (#91,661), „geröntgt“ (#91,656). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geschmackssinn“ bei #91,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geschmackssinn is uncommon German at frequency #91,659 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Fähigkeit von Menschen und Tieren mit der Zunge den Geschmack von etwas wahrzunehmen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Geschmackssinn, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    die Fähigkeit von Menschen und Tieren mit der Zunge den Geschmack von etwas wahrzunehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der menschliche Geschmackssinn kann fünf Geschmäcker unterscheiden: Süß, sauer, salzig, bitter und umami.
  2. „Süß, sauer, salzig, bitter und umami - das sind die fünf Geschmackssinne, die bisher bekannt waren. Jetzt glauben Forscher, einen weiteren entdeckt zu haben: den für Fett.“

Synonyms

gustatorischeWahrnehmungGeschmack

Antonyms

Geruchssinn

This word in other languages

gusto(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 "Geschmackssinn"?
"Geschmackssinn" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-A-C-K-S-S-I-N-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn].
What does "Geschmackssinn" mean?
As a noun, "Geschmackssinn" means: die Fähigkeit von Menschen und Tieren mit der Zunge den Geschmack von etwas wahrzunehmen
How do you pronounce "Geschmackssinn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geschmackssinn" is [ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list