Gewerken

[ɡəˈvɛʁkn̩]

/[ɡəˈvɛʁkn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewerken” is uncommon German (frequency #55,365 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,365
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gewerk

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewerken · Gewerken · German

Gewerken · rank #55,365 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,365
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gewaltfreie

Nearest frequency peer: gewaltfreie (-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 „Gewerken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gewerken
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewerken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvɛʁkn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,365
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewerken“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gewerkenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gewaltfreie“ (#55,364), „Gewerkschaftsbundes“ (#55,366), „gestrichenen“ (#55,363). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewerken“ bei #55,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewerken is uncommon German at frequency #55,365 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛʁkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gewerk".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gewerken, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Gewerken, spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gewerk

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 "Gewerken"?
"Gewerken" is spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛʁkn̩].
What does "Gewerken" mean?
As a noun, "Gewerken" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gewerk
How do you pronounce "Gewerken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewerken" is [ɡəˈvɛʁkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewerken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gleitgel#55,375halbtags#55,387Hauskauf#55,396Heidenau#55,399

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list