Gratwanderung
[ˈɡʁaːtˌvandəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Gratwanderung” is uncommon German (frequency #57,046 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,046
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bergtour, bei der man den Grat einer Bergkette entlang wandert
Corpus desk
Index DE-gratwanderung · Gratwanderung · German
Gratwanderung · rank #57,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,046
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grasen
Nearest frequency peer: grasen (-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 „Gratwanderung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Grafschaften
Grafschaften
42,958 corpus weight
- Grammophon
Grammophon
42,957 corpus weight
- grasen
grasen
42,956 corpus weight
- Gratwanderu…
Gratwanderung
42,955 corpus weight
- grauenhafte
grauenhafte
42,954 corpus weight
- greifst
greifst
42,953 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gratwanderung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gratwanderung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːtˌvandəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #57,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gratwanderung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gratwanderung is uncommon German at frequency #57,046 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːtˌvandəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Gratwanderung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gratwanderung, spelled G-R-A-T-W-A-N-D-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Bergtour, bei der man den Grat einer Bergkette entlang wandert
- 2Situation, bei der man zwei gegensätzliche Aspekte hat, die gleichzeitig zu berücksichtigen sind; man bewegt sich auf "einem schmalen Grat", der kein Abweichen nach links oder rechts zulässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gratwanderung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morgen gehen wir aufs Joch hoch und machen eine Gratwanderung.
„Die Kampagne ist eine Gratwanderung zwischen sachlicher Information und PR in eigener Sache – mit dem Risiko der Schönfärberei.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).