Gewandhaus
[ɡəˈvantˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Gewandhaus” is uncommon German (frequency #79,227 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,227
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lagerhaus für Tuche
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewandhaus · Gewandhaus · German
Gewandhaus · rank #79,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,227
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geweihter
Nearest frequency peer: geweihter (+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 „Gewandhaus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gesundheits…
Gesundheitsdienst
20,778 corpus weight
- getrockneter
getrockneter
20,777 corpus weight
- gewackelt
gewackelt
20,776 corpus weight
- Gewandhaus
Gewandhaus
20,774 corpus weight
- geweihter
geweihter
20,773 corpus weight
- geweitet
geweitet
20,772 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gewandhaus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gewandhaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvantˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewandhaus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gewandhaus is uncommon German at frequency #79,227 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvantˌhaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lagerhaus für Tuche".
Gewandhaus has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Gewandhaus, spelled G-E-W-A-N-D-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Lagerhaus für Tuche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gewandhaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus den letzten fast 900 Jahren stammen die Burg Dankwarderode, das Gewandhaus, die Liberei, das Achtermannsche Haus, Schloss Richmond, die zwischen 1991 und 1994 rekonstruierte Alte Waage und der Ritter St. Georg.“
Synonyms
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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