Gratwanderung
[ˈɡʁaːtˌvandəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Gratwanderung” is uncommon German (frequency #57,046 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,046
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bergtour, bei der man den Grat einer Bergkette entlang wandert
| 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) |
Where “Gratwanderung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gratwanderung is uncommon German at frequency #57,046 among 54,401 “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
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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Using “Gratwanderung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-A-T-W-A-N-D-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.