gewerbsmäßig
[ɡəˈvɛʁpsˌmɛːsɪç]
The verdict
“gewerbsmäßig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - als oder wie ein Gewerbe
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewerbsma-ig · gewerbsmäßig · German
gewerbsmäßig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | gewerbsmäßig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛʁpsˌmɛːsɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gewerbsmäßig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gewerbsmäßig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛʁpsˌmɛːsɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als oder wie ein Gewerbe".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gewerbsmäßig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gewerbsmäßig, spelled G-E-W-E-R-B-S-M-Ä-S-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1als oder wie ein Gewerbe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gewerbsmäßig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Kreditinstitut oder Geldinstitut ist ein Unternehmen, das Bankgeschäfte gewerbsmäßig oder in einem Umfang betreibt, der einen in kaufmännischer Weise eingerichteten Geschäftsbetrieb erfordert.“
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.