Gewaltandrohung

[ɡəˈvaltʔanˌdʁoːʊŋ]

/[ɡəˈvaltʔanˌdʁoːʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gewaltandrohung” is uncommon German (frequency #98,511 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,511
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Androhung von Gewaltanwendung

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewaltandrohung · Gewaltandrohung · German

Gewaltandrohung · rank #98,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,511
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH getönte

Nearest frequency peer: getönte (-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 „Gewaltandrohung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gewaltandrohung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewaltandrohung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvaltʔanˌdʁoːʊŋ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#98,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewaltandrohung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gewaltandrohungfällt 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: „getönte“ (#98,510), „gewaschenen“ (#98,512), „Getreides“ (#98,509). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewaltandrohung“ bei #98,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewaltandrohung is uncommon German at frequency #98,511 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvaltʔanˌdʁoːʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Androhung von Gewaltanwendung".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gewaltandrohung in our index, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gewaltandrohung, spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-A-N-D-R-O-H-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Androhung von Gewaltanwendung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gewaltandrohung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In einer Zeit, in der bei Verhören Schläge und Gewaltandrohung gang und gäbe waren, stellte das höchste Gericht der Vereinigten Staaten in den nach den Klägern Escobedo und Miranda benannten Entscheidungen klar, dass Geständnisse und Äußerungen in Vernehmungen absolut freiwillig zu erfolgen haben.“
  2. „Eine dauerhafte militärische Präsenz war in den meisten Fällen nicht notwendig, in der Regel genügte schon die Gewaltandrohung, um Gehorsam zu erzielen.“

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 "Gewaltandrohung"?
"Gewaltandrohung" is spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-A-N-D-R-O-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvaltʔanˌdʁoːʊŋ].
What does "Gewaltandrohung" mean?
As a noun, "Gewaltandrohung" means: Androhung von Gewaltanwendung
How do you pronounce "Gewaltandrohung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewaltandrohung" is [ɡəˈvaltʔanˌdʁoːʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewaltandrohung" come from?
"Gewaltandrohung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list