gestielt

[ɡəˈʃtiːlt]

/[ɡəˈʃtiːlt]/ adj

The verdict

“gestielt” is uncommon German (frequency #87,755 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,755
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Stiel versehen/ausgestattet

Corpus desk

Index DE-gestielt · gestielt · German

gestielt · rank #87,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,755
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gestelltes

Nearest frequency peer: gestelltes (-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 „gestielt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gestielt
PropertyValue
Headwordgestielt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃtiːlt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gestielt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gestelltes“ (#87,754), „Gestirne“ (#87,756), „Gesichte“ (#87,753). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gestielt“ bei #87,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gestielt is uncommon German at frequency #87,755 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃtiːlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Stiel versehen/ausgestattet".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gestielt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gestielt, spelled G-E-S-T-I-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einem Stiel versehen/ausgestattet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gestielt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Eine Pflanze mit gestielten, herzförmig-eiförmigen zugespitzten, gesägten, fünffachnervigen, hackerigen Blättern.
  2. Jetzt wird die frisch gestielte Axt geschärft.

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 "gestielt"?
"gestielt" is spelled G-E-S-T-I-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃtiːlt].
What does "gestielt" mean?
As an adjective, "gestielt" means: mit einem Stiel versehen/ausgestattet
How do you pronounce "gestielt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestielt" is [ɡəˈʃtiːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gestielt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list