gewissenhafte

[ɡəˈvɪsənhaftə]

/[ɡəˈvɪsənhaftə]/ adj

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The verdict

“gewissenhafte” is uncommon German (frequency #68,285 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,285
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewissenhafte · gewissenhafte · German

gewissenhafte · rank #68,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,285
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gewinnspielen

Nearest frequency peer: Gewinnspielen (-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 „gewissenhafte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gewissenhafte
PropertyValue
Headwordgewissenhafte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈvɪsənhaftə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gewissenhafte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gewinnspielen“ (#68,284), „gezückt“ (#68,286), „gewichst“ (#68,283). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gewissenhafte“ bei #68,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gewissenhafte is uncommon German at frequency #68,285 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈvɪsənhaftə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gewissenhafte in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gewissenhafte, spelled G-E-W-I-S-S-E-N-H-A-F-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft

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 "gewissenhafte"?
"gewissenhafte" is spelled G-E-W-I-S-S-E-N-H-A-F-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɪsənhaftə].
What does "gewissenhafte" mean?
As an adjective, "gewissenhafte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gewissenhaft
How do you pronounce "gewissenhafte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gewissenhafte" is [ɡəˈvɪsənhaftə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gewissenhafte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gewinnspielen#68,284Gedächtnisses#68,253Hauptursachen#68,319idealistische#68,349

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list