Gliedmaße
[ˈɡliːtˌmaːsə]
The verdict
“Gliedmaße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist Plural:
Corpus desk
Index DE-gliedma-e · Gliedmaße · German
Gliedmaße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Gliedmaße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡliːtˌmaːsə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Gliedmaße” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Gliedmaße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡliːtˌmaːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Gliedmaße doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gliedmaße, spelled G-L-I-E-D-M-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1meist Plural:
- 2die Arme und Beine des Menschen sowie die Flügel oder Beine bei Tieren (vordere und hintere Gliedmaßen)
- 3das rechte Verhältnis der Glieder zueinander
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gliedmaße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Sturz auf der Treppe musste er erst seine Gliedmaßen zusammensuchen.
„Die Männer wirkten fast zierlich; sie waren klein, hatten schlanke Gliedmaßen und auffallend schmale Brustkörbe.“
Synonyms
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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.