gewaltfrei
[ɡəˈvaltˌfʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“gewaltfrei” is uncommon German (frequency #59,702 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,702
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Anwendung physischer oder psychischer Kraft
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewaltfrei · gewaltfrei · German
gewaltfrei · rank #59,702 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,702
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gewaltbereit
Nearest frequency peer: gewaltbereit (-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 „gewaltfrei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gestörter
gestörter
40,302 corpus weight
- gestürzten
gestürzten
40,301 corpus weight
- gewaltbereit
gewaltbereit
40,300 corpus weight
- gewaltfrei
gewaltfrei
40,299 corpus weight
- Glauchau
Glauchau
40,297 corpus weight
- Gleichgewic…
Gleichgewichts
40,296 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gewaltfrei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gewaltfrei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvaltˌfʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gewaltfrei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gewaltfrei is uncommon German at frequency #59,702 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈvaltˌfʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Anwendung physischer oder psychischer Kraft".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gewaltfrei, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 gewaltfrei, spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-F-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1ohne Anwendung physischer oder psychischer Kraft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gewaltfrei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deutschlands Wiedervereinigung lief weitgehend gewaltfrei ab.
Mit einem Dietrich kann man bestimmte Schlösser gewaltfrei öffnen.
This word in other languages
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.
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