Gürteltasche
[ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtaʃə]
The verdict
“Gürteltasche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tasche, die an einem Gürtel angebracht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-gurteltasche · Gürteltasche · German
Gürteltasche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gürteltasche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtaʃə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gürteltasche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gürteltasche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtaʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tasche, die an einem Gürtel angebracht ist".
Gürteltasche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gürteltasche, spelled G-Ü-R-T-E-L-T-A-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Tasche, die an einem Gürtel angebracht ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gürteltasche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nachdem er sich solchergestalt schlüssig geworden war, faltete er das Blatt mit dem Merkspruch zusammen und barg es in seiner Gürteltasche.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.