Gesteinsschicht
[ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯nsˌʃɪçt]
The verdict
“Gesteinsschicht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lage einer Gesteinsart über und/oder unter einer anderen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesteinsschicht · Gesteinsschicht · German
Gesteinsschicht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesteinsschicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯nsˌʃɪçt] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Gesteinsschicht” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
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Gesteinsschicht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯nsˌʃɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lage einer Gesteinsart über und/oder unter einer anderen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gesteinsschicht, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gesteinsschicht, spelled G-E-S-T-E-I-N-S-S-C-H-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Lage einer Gesteinsart über und/oder unter einer anderen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gesteinsschicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beim Fracking wird unter hohem Druck mit Chemikalien angereichertes Wasser in erdgashaltige Gesteinsschichten gepresst.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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