Gewaltbereitschaft

[ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft]

/[ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewaltbereitschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #51,361 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,361
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einstellung/Haltung, die die Ausübung von Gewalt begünstigt

Key facts for Gewaltbereitschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewaltbereitschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft]
Letters18
Frequency rank#51,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gewaltbereitschaft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gewaltbereitschaft lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewaltbereitschaft is uncommon German at frequency #51,361 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einstellung/Haltung, die die Ausübung von Gewalt begünstigt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gewaltbereitschaft in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gewaltbereitschaft, spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-B-E-R-E-I-T-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einstellung/Haltung, die die Ausübung von Gewalt begünstigt

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 "Gewaltbereitschaft"?
"Gewaltbereitschaft" is spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-B-E-R-E-I-T-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft].
What does "Gewaltbereitschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Gewaltbereitschaft" means: Einstellung/Haltung, die die Ausübung von Gewalt begünstigt
How do you pronounce "Gewaltbereitschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewaltbereitschaft" is [ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewaltbereitschaft" come from?
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Using “Gewaltbereitschaft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-A-L-T-B-E-R-E-I-T-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈvaltbəˌʁaɪ̯tʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list