gestaunt

[ɡəˈʃtaʊ̯nt]

/[ɡəˈʃtaʊ̯nt]/ verb

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The verdict

“gestaunt” is uncommon German (frequency #81,599 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,599
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-gestaunt · gestaunt · German

gestaunt · rank #81,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,599
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geschmeidigke…

Nearest frequency peer: Geschmeidigkeit (-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 „gestaunt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gestaunt
PropertyValue
Headwordgestaunt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʃtaʊ̯nt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gestaunt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gestauntfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Geschmeidigkeit“ (#81,598), „geschlechtsreif“ (#81,597), „gewunken“ (#81,601). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gestaunt“ bei #81,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gestaunt is uncommon German at frequency #81,599 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʃtaʊ̯nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs staunen".

Zero misspellings are on record for gestaunt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gestaunt, spelled G-E-S-T-A-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs staunen

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 "gestaunt"?
"gestaunt" is spelled G-E-S-T-A-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃtaʊ̯nt].
What does "gestaunt" mean?
As a verb, "gestaunt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs staunen
How do you pronounce "gestaunt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestaunt" is [ɡəˈʃtaʊ̯nt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gestaunt" come from?
"gestaunt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gewunken#81,601geplagte#81,593Geparden#81,592Gourmets#81,620

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list