gewärtigen
[ɡəˈvɛʁtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“gewärtigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas erwarten
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewartigen · gewärtigen · German
gewärtigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gewärtigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛʁtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gewärtigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gewärtigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛʁtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas erwarten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gewärtigen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gewärtigen, spelled G-E-W-Ä-R-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas erwarten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gewärtigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Mieschbühler hat in der Schweiz keine Nachteile zu gewärtigen, wenn er in Chiavari nicht an der Friedensrichterverhandlung teilnimmt.»
„Zunächst hat Sigel bittere Niederlagen zu gewärtigen.“
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.