gradlinig
[ˈɡʁaːtˌliːnɪç]
The verdict
“gradlinig” is uncommon German (frequency #95,668 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,668
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - räumlich / geografisch: in gerader Richtung verlaufend, in gerader Strecke verlaufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gradlinig · gradlinig · German
gradlinig · rank #95,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,668
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grabs
Nearest frequency peer: grabs (-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 „gradlinig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gotisch
gotisch
4,336 corpus weight
- Gottesfurcht
Gottesfurcht
4,335 corpus weight
- grabs
grabs
4,334 corpus weight
- gradlinig
gradlinig
4,333 corpus weight
- Gravuren
Gravuren
4,332 corpus weight
- Grazien
Grazien
4,331 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gradlinig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gradlinig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːtˌliːnɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gradlinig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gradlinig is uncommon German at frequency #95,668 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːtˌliːnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
gradlinig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gradlinig, spelled G-R-A-D-L-I-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1räumlich / geografisch: in gerader Richtung verlaufend, in gerader Strecke verlaufend
- 2das Wesen und den Charakter eines Menschen beschreibend: ein ehrlicher, direkter Mensch, ohne Umschweife
- 3die Karriere eines Menschen beschreibend: Berufe ergreifen, die alle auf einer gleichen Ausbildung beruhen oder in einem ähnlichen Fachgebiet liegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gradlinig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anders als die Teilchenstrahlung der kosmischen Strahlung werden Gammastrahlen nicht durch Magnetfelder abgelenkt, sondern strahlen ab ihrem Entstehungsort nahezu gradlinig und geben so Auskunft über die Richtung, in der ihre Quelle liegt.“
„War Lee als militärischer Führer mutig und als Politiker gradlinig gewesen, so war er als Geschäftsmann wenig erfolgreich.“
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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