Gewandtheit

[ɡəˈvanthaɪ̯t]

/[ɡəˈvanthaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Gewandtheit” is uncommon German (frequency #95,644 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,644
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, geschickt und/oder elegant zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewandtheit · Gewandtheit · German

Gewandtheit · rank #95,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,644
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gewebeproben

Nearest frequency peer: Gewebeproben (+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 „Gewandtheit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gewandtheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewandtheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvanthaɪ̯t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,644
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewandtheit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gewandtheitfällt 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: „Gewebeproben“ (#95,645), „gewichtig“ (#95,646), „gesundheitsschädliche“ (#95,641). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewandtheit“ bei #95,644. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewandtheit is uncommon German at frequency #95,644 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvanthaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, geschickt und/oder elegant zu sein".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gewandtheit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gewandtheit, spelled G-E-W-A-N-D-T-H-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, geschickt und/oder elegant zu sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Gewandtheit (Gw) ist die Geschicklichkeit deines Charakters auf athletischem Gebiet.“
  2. „Daß Parker ihn aber in dieser Sekunde mit der Gewandtheit eines professionellen Taschendiebes entwaffnete, merkte er nicht.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gewandtheit"?
"Gewandtheit" is spelled G-E-W-A-N-D-T-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvanthaɪ̯t].
What does "Gewandtheit" mean?
As a noun, "Gewandtheit" means: Eigenschaft, geschickt und/oder elegant zu sein
How do you pronounce "Gewandtheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewandtheit" is [ɡəˈvanthaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewandtheit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list