Gewerkschaftsführer

[ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ]

/[ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewerkschaftsführer” is uncommon German (frequency #99,896 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,896
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die eine oder mehrere Gewerkschaften bei Tarifverhandlungen und nach außen vertritt

Key facts for Gewerkschaftsführer
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewerkschaftsführer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ]
Letters19
Frequency rank#99,896
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gewerkschaftsführer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gewerkschaftsführer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewerkschaftsführer is uncommon German at frequency #99,896 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die eine oder mehrere Gewerkschaften bei Tarifverhandlungen und nach außen vertritt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gewerkschaftsführer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gewerkschaftsführer, spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-F-Ü-H-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (männliche^☆) Person, die eine oder mehrere Gewerkschaften bei Tarifverhandlungen und nach außen vertritt

Synonyms

GewerkschaftschefGewerkschaftsbossGewerkschaftsvorsitzender

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 "Gewerkschaftsführer"?
"Gewerkschaftsführer" is spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-S-C-H-A-F-T-S-F-Ü-H-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ].
What does "Gewerkschaftsführer" mean?
As a noun, "Gewerkschaftsführer" means: (männliche^☆) Person, die eine oder mehrere Gewerkschaften bei Tarifverhandlungen und nach außen vertritt
How do you pronounce "Gewerkschaftsführer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewerkschaftsführer" is [ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewerkschaftsführer" come from?
"Gewerkschaftsführer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Gewerkschaftsführer”

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-S-F-Ü-H-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft͡sˌfyːʁɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list