giften
[ˈɡɪftn̩]
The verdict
“giften” is uncommon German (frequency #69,288 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,288
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über jemanden boshaft und gehässig reden
Corpus desk
Index DE-giften · giften · German
giften · rank #69,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,288
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geänderter
Nearest frequency peer: geänderter (-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 „giften“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gewühl
Gewühl
30,716 corpus weight
- geänderter
geänderter
30,714 corpus weight
- giften
giften
30,713 corpus weight
- Gladenbach
Gladenbach
30,712 corpus weight
- Glasfaserka…
Glasfaserkabel
30,711 corpus weight
- glattes
glattes
30,710 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „giften“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | giften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡɪftn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „giften“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
giften is uncommon German at frequency #69,288 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡɪftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for giften in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 giften, spelled G-I-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1über jemanden boshaft und gehässig reden
- 2sich ärgern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how giften appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Oppositionsführer giftet gegen die Koalition.
Sie giftete noch zwei Stunden vor sich hin.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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