gesonnen

[ɡəˈzɔnən]

/[ɡəˈzɔnən]/ verb

The verdict

“gesonnen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,027 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,027
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gesonnen · gesonnen · German

gesonnen · rank #84,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,027
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gesteigerter

Nearest frequency peer: gesteigerter (+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 „gesonnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gesonnen
PropertyValue
Headwordgesonnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈzɔnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gesonnen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gesonnenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gesteigerter“ (#84,028), „geschreddert“ (#84,025), „getrickst“ (#84,029). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gesonnen“ bei #84,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gesonnen is uncommon German at frequency #84,027 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈzɔnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinnen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gesonnen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gesonnen, spelled G-E-S-O-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinnen

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 "gesonnen"?
"gesonnen" is spelled G-E-S-O-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɔnən].
What does "gesonnen" mean?
As a verb, "gesonnen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinnen
How do you pronounce "gesonnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesonnen" is [ɡəˈzɔnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesonnen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list