Gestus
[ˈɡɛstʊs]
The verdict
“Gestus” is uncommon German (frequency #63,362 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,362
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art des Verhaltens gegenüber anderen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gestus · Gestus · German
Gestus · rank #63,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,362
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gesteins
Nearest frequency peer: Gesteins (-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 „Gestus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gesellschaf…
gesellschaftlichem
36,642 corpus weight
- gestatte
gestatte
36,641 corpus weight
- Gesteins
Gesteins
36,640 corpus weight
- Gestus
Gestus
36,639 corpus weight
- Gesundung
Gesundung
36,638 corpus weight
- getriebenen
getriebenen
36,637 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gestus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gestus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛstʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gestus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gestus is uncommon German at frequency #63,362 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛstʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art des Verhaltens gegenüber anderen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gestus, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gestus, spelled G-E-S-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Art des Verhaltens gegenüber anderen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gestus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Laut Bert Brecht versteht man unter "Gestus" (seine Wortschöpfung) einen Komplex von Gesten, Mimik und für gewöhnlich auch Aussagen, welche ein Mensch (oder mehrere) an einen oder mehrere andere Menschen richtet: »Ein Mensch, der einen Fisch verkauft, zeigt unter anderem den Verkaufsgestus. Ein Mann, der sein Testament schreibt, eine Frau, die einen Mann…
„Paletot und Regenschirm hing Herr Mechmed an den Kleiderhaken, und es kann zugestanden werden, daß die kleine, untersetzte Gestalt, die jetzt, zerfallen und morbid, aber freundlich lächelnd, auf Flametti zukam, den mysteriösen Gestus jener Leute hatte, die im Traum wiederkehren.“
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.
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