Giersch

[ɡiːɐ̯ʃ]

/[ɡiːɐ̯ʃ]/ noun

The verdict

“Giersch” is uncommon German (frequency #97,066 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,066
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aegopodium podagraria, krautige Pflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler (Apiaceae)

Corpus desk

Index DE-giersch · Giersch · German

Giersch · rank #97,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,066
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gezollt

Nearest frequency peer: gezollt (-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 „Giersch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Giersch
PropertyValue
HeadwordGiersch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡiːɐ̯ʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Giersch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gierschfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gezollt“ (#97,065), „Giftgasangriff“ (#97,067), „Gewissenhaftigkeit“ (#97,063). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Giersch“ bei #97,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Giersch is uncommon German at frequency #97,066 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡiːɐ̯ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aegopodium podagraria, krautige Pflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler (Apiaceae)".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Giersch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Giersch, spelled G-I-E-R-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aegopodium podagraria, krautige Pflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler (Apiaceae)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Giersch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Butter im Tiegel zerlassen und den nunmehr weichen Giersch kurz darin braten.“
  2. „Die bewährteste Methode, Giersch in Zaum zu halten, ist nicht Ausjäten und Ausrupfen, sondern konsequentes Ernten der jungen Blätter.“

Synonyms

GeißfußPodagrakraut

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 "Giersch"?
"Giersch" is spelled G-I-E-R-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡiːɐ̯ʃ].
What does "Giersch" mean?
As a noun, "Giersch" means: Aegopodium podagraria, krautige Pflanze aus der Familie der Doldenblütler (Apiaceae)
How do you pronounce "Giersch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Giersch" is [ɡiːɐ̯ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Giersch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list