gestatte

[ɡəˈʃtatə]

/[ɡəˈʃtatə]/ verb

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The verdict

“gestatte” is uncommon German (frequency #63,360 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,360
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestatten

Corpus desk

Index DE-gestatte · gestatte · German

gestatte · rank #63,360 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,360
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gesellschaftl…

Nearest frequency peer: gesellschaftlichem (-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 „gestatte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gestatte
PropertyValue
Headwordgestatte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʃtatə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gestatte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gestattefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gesellschaftlichem“ (#63,359), „Gesteins“ (#63,361), „geschoren“ (#63,358). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gestatte“ bei #63,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gestatte is uncommon German at frequency #63,360 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʃtatə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

gestatte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gestatte, spelled G-E-S-T-A-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestatten
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestatten
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestatten
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestatten

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 "gestatte"?
"gestatte" is spelled G-E-S-T-A-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃtatə].
What does "gestatte" mean?
As a verb, "gestatte" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestatten
How do you pronounce "gestatte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestatte" is [ɡəˈʃtatə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gestatte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gesteins#63,361Gaggenau#63,340Granulat#63,380Groupies#63,386

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list