Gestänge
[ɡəˈʃtɛŋə]
The verdict
“Gestänge” is uncommon German (frequency #68,278 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,278
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbund von Stangen, um etwas zu stützen, zu tragen oder zusammenzuhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-gestange · Gestänge · German
Gestänge · rank #68,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,278
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gesprächsführ…
Nearest frequency peer: Gesprächsführung (-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 „Gestänge“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geschlechts…
Geschlechtsumwandlung
31,726 corpus weight
- gesittet
gesittet
31,725 corpus weight
- Gesprächsfü…
Gesprächsführung
31,724 corpus weight
- Gestänge
Gestänge
31,723 corpus weight
- gesättigte
gesättigte
31,722 corpus weight
- getrollt
getrollt
31,721 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gestänge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gestänge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtɛŋə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gestänge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gestänge is uncommon German at frequency #68,278 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃtɛŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gestänge in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gestänge, spelled G-E-S-T-Ä-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Verbund von Stangen, um etwas zu stützen, zu tragen oder zusammenzuhalten
- 2gelenkig verbundene, meist bewegliche Stangen zur Kraftübertragung für Schub und Zug
- 3Gleis einer Grube
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gestänge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Gerüstbauer waren die ersten. Sie kamen Anfang Juli und verstrebten das Haus mit viel Gestänge und geschickt angebrachten Laufstegen.
Scheppernd laden Straßenarbeiter Absperrungen, Gestänge, Planken ab. Die Karnevalstribünen werden aufgebaut, diesmal für ein ganz besonderes Jubiläum.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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