Gewichtsabnahme

[ɡəˈvɪçt͡sˌapnaːmə]

/[ɡəˈvɪçt͡sˌapnaːmə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewichtsabnahme” is uncommon German (frequency #72,475 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,475
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verringerung des Körpergewichts (beziehungsweise des Gewichts)

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewichtsabnahme · Gewichtsabnahme · German

Gewichtsabnahme · rank #72,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,475
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH getarnten

Nearest frequency peer: getarnten (-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 „Gewichtsabnahme“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gewichtsabnahme
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewichtsabnahme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvɪçt͡sˌapnaːmə]
Letters15
Frequency rank#72,475
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewichtsabnahme“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gewichtsabnahmefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „getarnten“ (#72,474), „Gewichtsreduktion“ (#72,476), „gestrafft“ (#72,473). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewichtsabnahme“ bei #72,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewichtsabnahme is uncommon German at frequency #72,475 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvɪçt͡sˌapnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verringerung des Körpergewichts (beziehungsweise des Gewichts)".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gewichtsabnahme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gewichtsabnahme, spelled G-E-W-I-C-H-T-S-A-B-N-A-H-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verringerung des Körpergewichts (beziehungsweise des Gewichts)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Gewichtsabnahme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Eine sinnvolle Gewichtsabnahme liegt zwischen 0,5 bis 1 Prozent des eigenen Körpergewichts pro Woche.“

Synonyms

GewichtsreduktionGewichtsverlust

Antonyms

GewichtserhöhungGewichtszunahme

This word in other languages

weight loss(English)

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 "Gewichtsabnahme"?
"Gewichtsabnahme" is spelled G-E-W-I-C-H-T-S-A-B-N-A-H-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɪçt͡sˌapnaːmə].
What does "Gewichtsabnahme" mean?
As a noun, "Gewichtsabnahme" means: Verringerung des Körpergewichts (beziehungsweise des Gewichts)
How do you pronounce "Gewichtsabnahme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewichtsabnahme" is [ɡəˈvɪçt͡sˌapnaːmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewichtsabnahme" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list