Ginkgo biloba
[ˌɡɪŋko ˈbiːloba]
The verdict
“Ginkgo biloba” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name des Ginkobaumes, des bekanntesten lebenden Fossils im Pflanzenreich
Corpus desk
Index DE-ginkgo-biloba · Ginkgo biloba · German
Ginkgo biloba · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Ginkgo biloba |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɡɪŋko ˈbiːloba] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ginkgo biloba“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ginkgo biloba is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɡɪŋko ˈbiːloba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name des Ginkobaumes, des bekanntesten lebenden Fossils im Pflanzenreich".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ginkgo biloba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ginkgo biloba, spelled G-I-N-K-G-O- -B-I-L-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name des Ginkobaumes, des bekanntesten lebenden Fossils im Pflanzenreich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ginkgo biloba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die einzig rezente Art der Gingkogewächse ist der wild nur noch im Südosten Chinas vorkommende, aber häufig in den gemäßigten Breiten kultivierte Gingkobaum, Ginkgo biloba.
Synonyms
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.