geschoren

[ɡəˈʃoːʁən]

/[ɡəˈʃoːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“geschoren” is uncommon German (frequency #63,358 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,358
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Wolle gekürzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschoren · geschoren · German

geschoren · rank #63,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,358
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geschicktes

Nearest frequency peer: geschicktes (-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 „geschoren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geschoren
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschoren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃoːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,358
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geschoren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschicktes“ (#63,357), „gesellschaftlichem“ (#63,359), „gerüttelt“ (#63,356). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geschoren“ bei #63,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschoren is uncommon German at frequency #63,358 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃoːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for geschoren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geschoren, spelled G-E-S-C-H-O-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Wolle gekürzt
  2. 2
    die Kopfhaare und/oder den Bart sehr kurz geschnitten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Schafe in der Herde sind jetzt alle geschoren.
  2. Der Frisör hat ihn recht ordentlich geschoren.

Synonyms

frisiertrasiert

Antonyms

ungeschorenlanghaarigunrasiert

This word in other languages

shorn(English)pelado(Español)tondu(Français)

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 "geschoren"?
"geschoren" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-O-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃoːʁən].
What does "geschoren" mean?
As an adjective, "geschoren" means: die Wolle gekürzt
How do you pronounce "geschoren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschoren" is [ɡəˈʃoːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschoren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gerüttelt#63,356Gesundung#63,363gepinkelt#63,351gewidmete#63,365

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list