Gischt

[ɡɪʃt]

/[ɡɪʃt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gischt” is uncommon German (frequency #80,438 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,438
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das durch mechanische Verwirbelung entstandene Gemisch aus Wasser und Luft

Corpus desk

Index DE-gischt · Gischt · German

Gischt · rank #80,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,438
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Glaskasten

Nearest frequency peer: Glaskasten (+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 „Gischt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gischt
PropertyValue
HeadwordGischt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɪʃt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gischt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Glaskasten“ (#80,439), „geöffneter“ (#80,436), „gleitenden“ (#80,440). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gischt“ bei #80,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gischt is uncommon German at frequency #80,438 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɪʃt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gischt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gischt, spelled G-I-S-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    das durch mechanische Verwirbelung entstandene Gemisch aus Wasser und Luft
  2. 2
    Gärschaum bei der Alkoholproduktion

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die schäumende Gischt des Meeres brandete an die Felswand und an die Klippen.
  2. Gischt ist der weiße Schaum, der an den Strand gespült wird oder auf der Meeresoberfläche entsteht, wenn Wind oder ein Boot das Wasser aufwühlt. Auch an Wasserfällen und überall, wo Wasser zerstäubt wird, entsteht Gischt.

Synonyms

BrandungSchaumGärschaum

This word in other languages

spindrift(English)écume(Français)

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 "Gischt"?
"Gischt" is spelled G-I-S-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɪʃt].
What does "Gischt" mean?
As a noun, "Gischt" means: das durch mechanische Verwirbelung entstandene Gemisch aus Wasser und Luft
How do you pronounce "Gischt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gischt" is [ɡɪʃt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gischt" come from?
"Gischt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glitch#80,442grange#80,449Geseke#80,426Geraer#80,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list