gieriger

[ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ]

/[ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“gieriger” is uncommon German (frequency #90,332 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,332
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-gieriger · gieriger · German

gieriger · rank #90,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,332
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gila

Nearest frequency peer: gila (+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 „gieriger“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gieriger
PropertyValue
Headwordgieriger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gieriger“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gierigerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gila“ (#90,333), „gezüchtete“ (#90,330), „Gewässerschutz“ (#90,329). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gieriger“ bei #90,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gieriger is uncommon German at frequency #90,332 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for gieriger 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gieriger, spelled G-I-E-R-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gierig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gierig
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gierig
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gierig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gierig

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 "gieriger"?
"gieriger" is spelled G-I-E-R-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ].
What does "gieriger" mean?
As an adjective, "gieriger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gierig
How do you pronounce "gieriger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gieriger" is [ˈɡiːʁɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gieriger" come from?
"gieriger" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gestelle#90,325Gradient#90,348graduell#90,349gemogelt#90,311

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list