Grundbedürfnis
[ˈɡʁʊntbəˌdʏʁfnɪs]
The verdict
“Grundbedürfnis” is uncommon German (frequency #93,013 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,013
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bedürfnis, ohne das ein Leben kaum möglich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-grundbedurfnis · Grundbedürfnis · German
Grundbedürfnis · rank #93,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,013
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grenzenden
Nearest frequency peer: grenzenden (-3 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 „Grundbedürfnis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- grafischer
grafischer
6,995 corpus weight
- grammatikal…
grammatikalischen
6,994 corpus weight
- Grashüpfer
Grashüpfer
6,993 corpus weight
- gravieren
gravieren
6,992 corpus weight
- grenzenden
grenzenden
6,991 corpus weight
- Grundbedürf…
Grundbedürfnis
6,988 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grundbedürfnis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grundbedürfnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntbəˌdʏʁfnɪs] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #93,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grundbedürfnis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grundbedürfnis is uncommon German at frequency #93,013 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁʊntbəˌdʏʁfnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bedürfnis, ohne das ein Leben kaum möglich ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Grundbedürfnis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grundbedürfnis, spelled G-R-U-N-D-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Bedürfnis, ohne das ein Leben kaum möglich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Grundbedürfnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei Marcuse war es zu lesen: Die technologische Entwicklung habe einen Stand erreicht, der es ermögliche, die Grundbedürfnisse der Menschheit – und noch einige mehr – mit wenig Arbeitsaufwand zu befriedigen.“
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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