Gespenstergeschichte
German, noun/ɡəˈʃpɛnstɐɡəˌʃɪçtə/
Gespenstergeschichte is spelled G-E-S-P-E-N-S-T-E-R-G-E-S-C-H-I-C-H-T-E (20 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gespenstergeschichte is a German feminine noun meaning “ghost story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erzählung über unheimliche Ereignisse, Gespenster oder ähnliche Figuren”.
What does Gespenstergeschichte mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineghost story
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erzählung über unheimliche Ereignisse, Gespenster oder ähnliche Figuren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gespenstergeschichte
- Gespenstergeschichten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gespenstergeschichte?
- /ɡəˈʃpɛnstɐɡəˌʃɪçtə/
- [ɡəˈʃpɛnstɐɡəˌʃɪçtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gespenstergeschichte in German?
Gespenstergeschichte appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).