gewähre

[ɡəˈvɛːʁə]

/[ɡəˈvɛːʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“gewähre” is uncommon German (frequency #58,821 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,821
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewähren

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewahre · gewähre · German

gewähre · rank #58,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,821
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geweben

Nearest frequency peer: Geweben (-2 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 „gewähre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gewähre
PropertyValue
Headwordgewähre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈvɛːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gewähre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gewährefällt 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: „Geweben“ (#58,819), „Gigs“ (#58,823), „glitt“ (#58,825). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gewähre“ bei #58,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gewähre is uncommon German at frequency #58,821 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gewähre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gewähre, spelled G-E-W-Ä-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewähren
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewähren
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewähren
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewähren

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 "gewähre"?
"gewähre" is spelled G-E-W-Ä-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛːʁə].
What does "gewähre" mean?
As a verb, "gewähre" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewähren
How do you pronounce "gewähre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gewähre" is [ɡəˈvɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gewähre" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Geweben#58,819Grabens#58,832grellen#58,833gereiht#58,806

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list