Glücksgriff
[ˈɡlʏksˌɡʁɪf]
The verdict
“Glücksgriff” is uncommon German (frequency #81,612 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,612
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - glückliche, sich als vorteilhaft erweisende Wahl; Entscheidung, die sich (rückblickend) als sehr gut herausstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-glucksgriff · Glücksgriff · German
Glücksgriff · rank #81,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,612
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH glänzendem
Nearest frequency peer: glänzendem (-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 „Glücksgriff“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Glockengelä…
Glockengeläut
18,393 corpus weight
- Glorie
Glorie
18,392 corpus weight
- glorifiziert
glorifiziert
18,391 corpus weight
- glänzendem
glänzendem
18,390 corpus weight
- Glücksgriff
Glücksgriff
18,389 corpus weight
- goddess
goddess
18,387 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glücksgriff“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glücksgriff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksˌɡʁɪf] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glücksgriff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glücksgriff is uncommon German at frequency #81,612 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏksˌɡʁɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "glückliche, sich als vorteilhaft erweisende Wahl; Entscheidung, die sich (rückblickend) als sehr gut herausstellt".
Glücksgriff has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Glücksgriff, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-G-R-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1glückliche, sich als vorteilhaft erweisende Wahl; Entscheidung, die sich (rückblickend) als sehr gut herausstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glücksgriff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Buch war ein echter Glücksgriff.
Die Kaffeekanne ist ein Glücksgriff vom Flohmarkt: Sie tropft nicht, sieht aus wie neu, passt perfekt zum Service und hat nur 12 Euro gekostet.
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).