glad

[ˈɡlæð]

/[ˈɡlæð]/ adj

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The verdict

“glad” is uncommon German (frequency #70,325 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,325
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Freude erfüllt

Corpus desk

Index DE-glad · glad · German

glad · rank #70,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,325
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH glamouröse

Nearest frequency peer: glamouröse (+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 „glad“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glad
PropertyValue
Headwordglad
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡlæð]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,325
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „glad“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gladfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „glamouröse“ (#70,326), „Giengen“ (#70,323), „glaubhafte“ (#70,327). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „glad“ bei #70,325. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glad is uncommon German at frequency #70,325 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡlæð]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Freude erfüllt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for glad, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is glad, spelled G-L-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Freude erfüllt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jeg er lettet og glad for å være i finale.

This word in other languages

glad(English)

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 "glad"?
"glad" is spelled G-L-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlæð].
What does "glad" mean?
As an adjective, "glad" means: von Freude erfüllt
How do you pronounce "glad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glad" is [ˈɡlæð]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glad" come from?
"glad" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goat#70,329hitz#70,390eyed#70,237jako#70,423

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list