gewesenen

[ɡəˈveːzənən]

/[ɡəˈveːzənən]/ adj

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The verdict

“gewesenen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,893 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,893
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen

Key facts for gewesenen
PropertyValue
Headwordgewesenen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈveːzənən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,893
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gewesenen” 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). gewesenen 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

gewesenen is uncommon German at frequency #52,893 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈveːzənən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gewesenen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gewesenen, spelled G-E-W-E-S-E-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen

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 "gewesenen"?
"gewesenen" is spelled G-E-W-E-S-E-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈveːzənən].
What does "gewesenen" mean?
As an adjective, "gewesenen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewesen
How do you pronounce "gewesenen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gewesenen" is [ɡəˈveːzənən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gewesenen" come from?
"gewesenen" 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 “gewesenen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-E-S-E-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈveːzənən] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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