Glückwünschen
[ˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]
The verdict
“Glückwünschen” is uncommon German (frequency #90,344 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,344
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Glückwunsch
Corpus desk
Index DE-gluckwunschen · Glückwünschen · German
Glückwünschen · rank #90,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,344
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH glücklichere
Nearest frequency peer: glücklichere (-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 „Glückwünschen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gläserner
gläserner
9,659 corpus weight
- glücklichere
glücklichere
9,658 corpus weight
- Glückwünsch…
Glückwünschen
9,657 corpus weight
- Golm
Golm
9,656 corpus weight
- gotischer
gotischer
9,655 corpus weight
- Gradient
Gradient
9,653 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glückwünschen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glückwünschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #90,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glückwünschen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glückwünschen is uncommon German at frequency #90,344 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏkˌvʏnʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Glückwunsch".
Glückwünschen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Glückwünschen, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-W-Ü-N-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Glückwunsch
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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