getreue

[ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯ə]

/[ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯ə]/ adj

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The verdict

“getreue” is uncommon German (frequency #76,838 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,838
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu

Corpus desk

Index DE-getreue · getreue · German

getreue · rank #76,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,838
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gestellter

Nearest frequency peer: gestellter (-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 „getreue“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for getreue
PropertyValue
Headwordgetreue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯ə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „getreue“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).getreuefällt 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: „gestellter“ (#76,837), „gewerkelt“ (#76,839), „gespenstische“ (#76,836). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „getreue“ bei #76,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

getreue is uncommon German at frequency #76,838 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for getreue in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is getreue, spelled G-E-T-R-E-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu

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 "getreue"?
"getreue" is spelled G-E-T-R-E-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯ə].
What does "getreue" mean?
As an adjective, "getreue" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs getreu
How do you pronounce "getreue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "getreue" is [ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gewütet#76,841gesehnt#76,832grausen#76,852gütlich#76,865

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list