geschoren

[ɡəˈʃoːʁən]

/[ɡəˈʃoːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“geschoren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,358 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#63,358
frequency rank, German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Wolle gekürzt

Key facts for geschoren
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschoren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃoːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,358
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “geschoren” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). geschoren lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for geschoren is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃoːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,358 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

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?
"geschoren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “geschoren”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-C-H-O-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈʃoːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list