gutmachen
[ˈɡuːtˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“gutmachen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,594 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,594
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Fehler, ein fehlerhaftes Verhalten wieder korrigieren, in Ordnung bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gutmachen · gutmachen · German
gutmachen · rank #54,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,594
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gängig
Nearest frequency peer: gängig (+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 „gutmachen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Grundfesten
Grundfesten
45,410 corpus weight
- gutmachen
gutmachen
45,407 corpus weight
- gängig
gängig
45,406 corpus weight
- hail
hail
45,405 corpus weight
- Hauben
Hauben
45,402 corpus weight
- Hauptschüler
Hauptschüler
45,401 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gutmachen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gutmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡuːtˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gutmachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gutmachen is uncommon German at frequency #54,594 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡuːtˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gutmachen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 gutmachen, spelled G-U-T-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Fehler, ein fehlerhaftes Verhalten wieder korrigieren, in Ordnung bringen
- 2sich für etwas erkenntlich zeigen
- 3einen finanziellen Gewinn erzielen
- 4einen zeitlichen Rückstand verringern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gutmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte den Hochzeitstag vergessen und versuchte, das mit einem besonders großen Blumenstrauß am nächsten Tag gutzumachen.
Du hast in dieser schweren Zeit so viel für mich getan, wie soll ich das jemals wieder gutmachen?
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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