Ghosting
[ˈɡɔʊ̯stɪŋ]
The verdict
“Ghosting” 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) - Verhaltensweise, bei der in einer zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung überraschenderweise und ohne erkennbaren Grund ein völliger Kontaktabbruch erfolgt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ghosting · Ghosting · German
Ghosting · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Ghosting |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔʊ̯stɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ghosting“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ghosting is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔʊ̯stɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhaltensweise, bei der in einer zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung überraschenderweise und ohne erkennbaren Grund ein völliger Kontaktabbruch erfolgt".
Ghosting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Ghosting, spelled G-H-O-S-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verhaltensweise, bei der in einer zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung überraschenderweise und ohne erkennbaren Grund ein völliger Kontaktabbruch erfolgt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ghosting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dabei wird zunächst besonders starkes Interesse bekundet, das Blaue vom Himmel versprochen – nur um dann Ghosting zu betreiben und den anderen vollkommen verwirrt zurückzulassen, warum nach so großen Gesten und Liebesschwüren plötzlich der Ofen vollkommen aus ist.“
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.