Gevatterschaft
[ɡəˈfatɐʃaft]
The verdict
“Gevatterschaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veraltet für Patenschaft: Patenschaft heißt, für jemanden – besonders für dessen Erziehung – Sorge zu übernehmen. Die wörtliche Bedeutung meint: Jemand anderer, Mit-Vater im Geiste, also dessen gei...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gevatterschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfatɐʃaft] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gevatterschaft” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gevatterschaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfatɐʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "veraltet für Patenschaft: Patenschaft heißt, für jemanden – besonders für dessen Erziehung – Sorge zu übernehmen. Die wörtliche Bedeutung meint: Jemand anderer, Mit-Vater im Geiste, also dessen gei...".
Gevatterschaft has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gevatterschaft, spelled G-E-V-A-T-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1veraltet für Patenschaft: Patenschaft heißt, für jemanden – besonders für dessen Erziehung – Sorge zu übernehmen. Die wörtliche Bedeutung meint: Jemand anderer, Mit-Vater im Geiste, also dessen geistiger Vater zu sein. So kann man beispielsweise die Patenschaft für ein Kind im Ausland übernehmen, indem man besonders seine Erziehung durch finanzielle oder anderweitige Unterstützung fördert (vergleiche das mittellateinische Substantiv compater (deutsch: Gevatter))
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Gevatterschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-V-A-T-T-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.