gostar
[ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ]
The verdict
“gostar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mögen, etwas gern tun, etwas gern haben, etwas gern essen, etwas gern trinken
Corpus desk
Index DE-gostar · gostar · German
gostar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gostar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gostar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gostar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gostar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gostar, spelled G-O-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1mögen, etwas gern tun, etwas gern haben, etwas gern essen, etwas gern trinken
- 2kosten, probieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gostar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ela gostava de conversar com a bibliotecária.“
Espero que hoje na festa toquem essa música que eu gosto.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.