Glockengeläut
[ˈɡlɔkn̩ɡəˌlɔɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Glockengeläut” is uncommon German (frequency #81,608 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,608
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Läuten einer oder mehrerer Glocken
Corpus desk
Index DE-glockengelaut · Glockengeläut · German
Glockengeläut · rank #81,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,608
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Glorie
Nearest frequency peer: Glorie (+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 „Glockengeläut“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gitterstäbe
Gitterstäbe
18,397 corpus weight
- glattem
glattem
18,395 corpus weight
- Glockengelä…
Glockengeläut
18,393 corpus weight
- Glorie
Glorie
18,392 corpus weight
- glorifiziert
glorifiziert
18,391 corpus weight
- glänzendem
glänzendem
18,390 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glockengeläut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glockengeläut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɔkn̩ɡəˌlɔɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #81,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glockengeläut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glockengeläut is uncommon German at frequency #81,608 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlɔkn̩ɡəˌlɔɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Läuten einer oder mehrerer Glocken".
No misspelling variants are generated for Glockengeläut in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Glockengeläut, spelled G-L-O-C-K-E-N-G-E-L-Ä-U-T.
Definition
- 1Läuten einer oder mehrerer Glocken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glockengeläut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eines Morgens weckte mich Glockengeläut, stärker und feierlicher als sonst.“
„Jedesmal wenn ich auf meine Uhr sehe und feststelle, dass der Zeiger auf Zehn rückt, höre ich das beginnende Glockengeläute der benachbarten Kirche; aber daraus, dass jedesmal das Glockengeläut anhebt, wenn der Zeiger auf Zehn rückt, darf ich doch nicht den Schluss ziehen, die Bewegung der Glocken habe ihren Grund in der Zeigerstellung meiner Uhr.“
Synonyms
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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