gewerkschaftlich
[ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaftlɪç]
The verdict
“gewerkschaftlich” is uncommon German (frequency #61,549 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,549
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Gewerkschaften betreffend, zu den Gewerkschaften gehörend; in einer Gewerkschaft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gewerkschaftlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaftlɪç] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #61,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gewerkschaftlich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gewerkschaftlich is uncommon German at frequency #61,549 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaftlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Gewerkschaften betreffend, zu den Gewerkschaften gehörend; in einer Gewerkschaft".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gewerkschaftlich, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gewerkschaftlich, spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Gewerkschaften betreffend, zu den Gewerkschaften gehörend; in einer Gewerkschaft
Antonyms
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.
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Using “gewerkschaftlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-E-R-K-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.