Gewürzgurke
[ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sˌɡʊʁkə]
The verdict
“Gewürzgurke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gurke, die in einer Essig-Gewürz-Mischung eingelegt wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewurzgurke · Gewürzgurke · German
Gewürzgurke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gewürzgurke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sˌɡʊʁkə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewürzgurke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gewürzgurke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sˌɡʊʁkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Gurke, die in einer Essig-Gewürz-Mischung eingelegt wurde".
Gewürzgurke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gewürzgurke, spelled G-E-W-Ü-R-Z-G-U-R-K-E.
Definition
- 1eine Gurke, die in einer Essig-Gewürz-Mischung eingelegt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gewürzgurke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gewürzgurken dürfen bei einem Grillfest nicht fehlen!
„Ich esse nur Gewürzgurken von Knax.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.