Gesellenstück
[ɡəˈzɛlənˌʃtʏk]
The verdict
“Gesellenstück” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - handwerklicher Gegenstand, das ein angehender Handwerker für die Gesellenprüfung vorlegen muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesellenstuck · Gesellenstück · German
Gesellenstück · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesellenstück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzɛlənˌʃtʏk] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gesellenstück“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gesellenstück is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈzɛlənˌʃtʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "handwerklicher Gegenstand, das ein angehender Handwerker für die Gesellenprüfung vorlegen muss".
Gesellenstück has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gesellenstück, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-E-N-S-T-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1handwerklicher Gegenstand, das ein angehender Handwerker für die Gesellenprüfung vorlegen muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gesellenstück appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alle Leute vom Fach sagen, es sei ihm gelungen, aber er selbst ordnete sein Werk als Gesellenstück ein.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.