Giger
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The verdict
“Giger” is uncommon German (frequency #86,539 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,539
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-giger · Giger · German
Giger · rank #86,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,539
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gezupft
Nearest frequency peer: gezupft (-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 „Giger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gewagtes
gewagtes
13,466 corpus weight
- gewichtiges
gewichtiges
13,465 corpus weight
- Gewissheiten
Gewissheiten
13,464 corpus weight
- gezupft
gezupft
13,463 corpus weight
- Giger
Giger
13,462 corpus weight
- Glassplitter
Glassplitter
13,459 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Giger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Giger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Giger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Giger is uncommon German at frequency #86,539 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Nachname, Familienname".
Giger has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Giger, spelled G-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Giger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Giger ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Herr Giger wollte uns kein Interview geben.
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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