Gesellschaftsschicht

[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌʃɪçt]

/[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌʃɪçt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gesellschaftsschicht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufgrund sozialer Merkmale definierte Gruppe innerhalb einer Gesellschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-gesellschaftsschicht · Gesellschaftsschicht · German

Gesellschaftsschicht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 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.

Key facts for Gesellschaftsschicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesellschaftsschicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌʃɪçt]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gesellschaftsschicht” sits in German frequency

Gesellschaftsschichtranks outside the top 100,000 German headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gesellschaftsschicht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌʃɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufgrund sozialer Merkmale definierte Gruppe innerhalb einer Gesellschaft".

Gesellschaftsschicht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gesellschaftsschicht, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-S-C-H-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    aufgrund sozialer Merkmale definierte Gruppe innerhalb einer Gesellschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Zuständig für die Nahrungsbeschaffung der Bevölkerung waren in allen Gesellschaftsschichten in der Regel Frauen, mitunter auch Kinder, aber nur ausnahmsweise Männer.“
  2. „Die Tatsache, dass die Öffentlichkeit den Mörder von Salman Taseer als Held feierte, sagt viel aus über die geistige Verfasstheit breiter Gesellschaftsschichten und erklärt, weshalb Einzelpersonen der religiös-extremistischen Rhetorik kaum entgegentreten können.“

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gesellschaftsschicht"?
"Gesellschaftsschicht" is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-S-C-H-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌʃɪçt].
What does "Gesellschaftsschicht" mean?
As a noun, "Gesellschaftsschicht" means: aufgrund sozialer Merkmale definierte Gruppe innerhalb einer Gesellschaft
How do you pronounce "Gesellschaftsschicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesellschaftsschicht" is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaft͡sˌʃɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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