Geziefer
[ɡəˈt͡siːfɐ]
The verdict
“Geziefer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lästige, unerwünschte, schädliche kleine Tiere, vor allem Insekten
Corpus desk
Index DE-geziefer · Geziefer · German
Geziefer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Geziefer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈt͡siːfɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geziefer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geziefer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈt͡siːfɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lästige, unerwünschte, schädliche kleine Tiere, vor allem Insekten".
Geziefer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Geziefer, spelled G-E-Z-I-E-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1lästige, unerwünschte, schädliche kleine Tiere, vor allem Insekten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geziefer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im ganzen Haus wimmelte es vor Spinnen, Mücken und anderem Geziefer.
„Aber das unter diesem Jagen und Schlagen immer nur ängstlicher werdende Geziefer schien sich zu verdoppeln und summte nur dichter und lauter als vorher um ihn herum.“
Synonyms
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.