Gewässername
[ɡəˈvɛsɐˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Gewässername” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung/Name für ein Gewässer
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewassername · Gewässername · German
Gewässername · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Gewässername |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛsɐˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewässername“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gewässername is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛsɐˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung/Name für ein Gewässer".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gewässername, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gewässername, spelled G-E-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung/Name für ein Gewässer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gewässername appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ähnlich wie bei den Gewässernamen lassen sich verschiedene Ortsnamenschichten abheben, die von hier einst siedelnden Völkern stammen.“
„Gewässernamen wie Mosel, Main und Rhein sind keltischen Ursprungs, aber auch Saar, Nahe, Lech, Inn und Regen wie auch Donau, Glonn, Iller, Isar, Isen, Loisach und Traun.“
Synonyms
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.