Gevatter Tod
[ɡəˌfatɐˈtoːt]
The verdict
“Gevatter Tod” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personifikation des Todes
Corpus desk
Index DE-gevatter-tod · Gevatter Tod · German
Gevatter Tod · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Gevatter Tod |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɡəˌfatɐˈtoːt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gevatter Tod“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gevatter Tod is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɡəˌfatɐˈtoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personifikation des Todes".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gevatter Tod in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gevatter Tod, spelled G-E-V-A-T-T-E-R- -T-O-D.
Definition
- 1Personifikation des Todes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gevatter Tod appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er verschlang die Seelen der Lebenden, eine Art Gevatter Tod in Oktopusgestalt, furzte sie dann aber wieder als neue Seelen heraus, wiederverwertet und wiedergeboren.“
„Auch wenn er den Text nicht verstehen konnte, verspürte Dr. Barnardo unglaubliches Entsetzen, fast so, als sei es ein Gebet an Gevatter Tod persönlich.“
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.