Gnom
[ɡnoːm]
The verdict
“Gnom” is uncommon German (frequency #74,645 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,645
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabelwesen, je nach Erzählung mit unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsbildern und Eigenschaften
Corpus desk
Index DE-gnom · Gnom · German
Gnom · rank #74,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,645
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gnadenlosen
Nearest frequency peer: gnadenlosen (-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 „Gnom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gloss
gloss
25,360 corpus weight
- Glückssache
Glückssache
25,359 corpus weight
- Glückstag
Glückstag
25,358 corpus weight
- gnadenlosen
gnadenlosen
25,357 corpus weight
- Gnom
Gnom
25,356 corpus weight
- Goodies
Goodies
25,352 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gnom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gnom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡnoːm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gnom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gnom is uncommon German at frequency #74,645 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡnoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fabelwesen, je nach Erzählung mit unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsbildern und Eigenschaften".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gnom in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gnom, spelled G-N-O-M.
Definition
- 1Fabelwesen, je nach Erzählung mit unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsbildern und Eigenschaften
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gnom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Märchengestalt des Gnoms drückt zur Zeit der Hochindustrialisierung und Landschaftszerstörung durch das Eisenbahnnetz im neugegründeten Zweiten Kaiserreich eine illusionäre Sehnsucht nach ursprünglicher Natur aus.“
„Der Gnom schlägt erbost auf die Schreibtischplatte.“
This word in other languages
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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