gurgeln
[ˈɡʊʁɡl̩n]
The verdict
“gurgeln” is uncommon German (frequency #69,312 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,312
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Rachen mit einer Flüssigkeit spülen, indem man diese im Rachen hält und Luft aus der Lunge durch die Flüssigkeit ausatmet
Corpus desk
Index DE-gurgeln · gurgeln · German
gurgeln · rank #69,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,312
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gähnt
Nearest frequency peer: gähnt (+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 „gurgeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gruppensieg
Gruppensieg
30,693 corpus weight
- gurgeln
gurgeln
30,689 corpus weight
- gähnt
gähnt
30,688 corpus weight
- Görz
Görz
30,687 corpus weight
- Göttlichkeit
Göttlichkeit
30,686 corpus weight
- habilitierte
habilitierte
30,685 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gurgeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gurgeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡʊʁɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gurgeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gurgeln is uncommon German at frequency #69,312 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡʊʁɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gurgeln in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 gurgeln, spelled G-U-R-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1den Rachen mit einer Flüssigkeit spülen, indem man diese im Rachen hält und Luft aus der Lunge durch die Flüssigkeit ausatmet
- 2Geräusch von in Bewegung befindlichem Wasser erzeugen, mit Wasser im Mund sprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gurgeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn es im Hals kratzt, kann man mit einer desinfizierenden Lösung gurgeln.
Bei einem bestimmten Gesellschaftsspiel muss ein Spieler die Melodie gurgeln, welche von den Mitspielern erraten werden soll.
Synonyms
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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