Gesellenprüfung
[ɡəˈzɛlənˌpʁyːfʊŋ]
The verdict
“Gesellenprüfung” is uncommon German (frequency #69,275 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,275
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prüfung, bei deren Bestehen der Prüfling ein Geselle wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesellenprufung · Gesellenprüfung · German
Gesellenprüfung · rank #69,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,275
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geschwollenen
Nearest frequency peer: geschwollenen (-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 „Gesellenprüfung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geschlechts…
Geschlechtsteile
30,729 corpus weight
- geschmackvo…
geschmackvolle
30,728 corpus weight
- geschwollen…
geschwollenen
30,727 corpus weight
- Gesellenprü…
Gesellenprüfung
30,726 corpus weight
- gesendeten
gesendeten
30,725 corpus weight
- Gesocks
Gesocks
30,724 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gesellenprüfung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesellenprüfung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzɛlənˌpʁyːfʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #69,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gesellenprüfung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gesellenprüfung is uncommon German at frequency #69,275 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈzɛlənˌpʁyːfʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prüfung, bei deren Bestehen der Prüfling ein Geselle wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gesellenprüfung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gesellenprüfung, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-E-N-P-R-Ü-F-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Prüfung, bei deren Bestehen der Prüfling ein Geselle wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gesellenprüfung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nicht lange nach seiner Gesellenprüfung ging die Baufirma in Konkurs.“
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.
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