gestrig
[ˈɡɛstʁɪç]
The verdict
“gestrig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am vergangenen Tag
Corpus desk
Index DE-gestrig · gestrig · German
gestrig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gestrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛstʁɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gestrig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gestrig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡɛstʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gestrig has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gestrig, spelled G-E-S-T-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1am vergangenen Tag
- 2in der Vergangenheit, früher
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gestrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hast du die gestrige Zeitung schon weggeworfen?
„In wenigen Jahren wird so mancher Science-Fiction-Film ziemlich gestrig aussehen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.