gutgläubig
[ˈɡuːtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]
The verdict
“gutgläubig” is uncommon German (frequency #70,346 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,346
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer positiven, vertrauensvollen Einstellung gegenüber anderen Menschen, manchmal sogar mit der Tendenz, naiv oder leichtgläubig zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-gutglaubig · gutgläubig · German
gutgläubig · rank #70,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,346
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gummiband
Nearest frequency peer: Gummiband (-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 „gutgläubig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Grundkapital
Grundkapital
29,660 corpus weight
- Grundschull…
Grundschullehrerin
29,659 corpus weight
- Gummiband
Gummiband
29,656 corpus weight
- gutgläubig
gutgläubig
29,655 corpus weight
- Gänsen
Gänsen
29,654 corpus weight
- Hagens
Hagens
29,652 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gutgläubig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gutgläubig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡuːtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gutgläubig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gutgläubig is uncommon German at frequency #70,346 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡuːtˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gutgläubig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gutgläubig, spelled G-U-T-G-L-Ä-U-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit einer positiven, vertrauensvollen Einstellung gegenüber anderen Menschen, manchmal sogar mit der Tendenz, naiv oder leichtgläubig zu sein
- 2in gutem Glauben; mit der positiven Überzeugung über die Redlichkeit/Legitimität/Rechtmäßigkeit von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gutgläubig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie ist sehr gutgläubig.
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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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