Geschmeidigkeit

[ɡəˈʃmaɪ̯dɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ɡəˈʃmaɪ̯dɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geschmeidigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #81,598 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,598
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit, sich flink und geschickt zu bewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschmeidigkeit · Geschmeidigkeit · German

Geschmeidigkeit · rank #81,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,598
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geschlechtsre…

Nearest frequency peer: geschlechtsreif (-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 „Geschmeidigkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geschmeidigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeschmeidigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃmaɪ̯dɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters15
Frequency rank#81,598
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geschmeidigkeit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Geschmeidigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschlechtsreif“ (#81,597), „gestaunt“ (#81,599), „geringfügiger“ (#81,596). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geschmeidigkeit“ bei #81,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geschmeidigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #81,598 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃmaɪ̯dɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Geschmeidigkeit 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Geschmeidigkeit, spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-E-I-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit, sich flink und geschickt zu bewegen
  2. 2
    Eigenschaft, weich und biegsam zu sein
  3. 3
    Fähigkeit, sich anzupassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Andrew war einen Kopf größer als der Professor, aber er war ungelenk und nicht eben muskulös, während der kleine Rotbart die Geschmeidigkeit einer Katze hatte.“
  2. „Am nächsten Morgen sah ich sie bei ihrem Bruder wieder, aber sie entschlüpfte uns mit der Geschmeidigkeit einer jungen verwilderten Hauskatze.“

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 "Geschmeidigkeit"?
"Geschmeidigkeit" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-E-I-D-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃmaɪ̯dɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Geschmeidigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Geschmeidigkeit" means: Fähigkeit, sich flink und geschickt zu bewegen
How do you pronounce "Geschmeidigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geschmeidigkeit" is [ɡəˈʃmaɪ̯dɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geschmeidigkeit" come from?
"Geschmeidigkeit" 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 "Geschmeidigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geschlechtsreif#81,597Geldtransporter#81,586Geheimdienstler#81,581gynäkologischen#81,636

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list