Gnosis
[ˈɡnoːzɪs]
The verdict
“Gnosis” is uncommon German (frequency #93,002 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,002
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammelbegriff für vorchristliche und christliche Lehren des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts sowie für moderne esoterische Bewegungen mit Bezug auf die Lehren des Mittelalters
Corpus desk
Index DE-gnosis · Gnosis · German
Gnosis · rank #93,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,002
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gnadenbild
Nearest frequency peer: Gnadenbild (-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 „Gnosis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gleichnisse
Gleichnisse
7,003 corpus weight
- globes
globes
7,002 corpus weight
- Gnadenbild
Gnadenbild
7,000 corpus weight
- Gnosis
Gnosis
6,999 corpus weight
- Goldwaage
Goldwaage
6,998 corpus weight
- Golfclubs
Golfclubs
6,997 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gnosis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gnosis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡnoːzɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gnosis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gnosis is uncommon German at frequency #93,002 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡnoːzɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gnosis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gnosis, spelled G-N-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Sammelbegriff für vorchristliche und christliche Lehren des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts sowie für moderne esoterische Bewegungen mit Bezug auf die Lehren des Mittelalters
- 2Wissen oder vermeintliches Wissen göttlicher Zusammenhänge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gnosis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Lehre der Gnosis vermittelt einen starken Glauben an eine Erlösung.
„Die spätantike Gnosis hat das Drama des Kosmos als einen Kampf zwischen Licht und Finsternis beschrieben.“
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Antonyms
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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