Gutsherr

[ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]

/[ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gutsherr” is uncommon German (frequency #74,669 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,669
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-gutsherr · Gutsherr · German

Gutsherr · rank #74,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,669
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gutaussehende

Nearest frequency peer: gutaussehende (-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 „Gutsherr“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gutsherr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gutsherr
PropertyValue
HeadwordGutsherr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gutsherr“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gutsherrfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gutaussehende“ (#74,668), „Gummistiefeln“ (#74,667), „habhaft“ (#74,671). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gutsherr“ bei #74,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gutsherr is uncommon German at frequency #74,669 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gutsherr in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gutsherr, spelled G-U-T-S-H-E-R-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gutsherr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bei schlechten Ernten waren die Gutsherren verpflichtet, ihre Leibeigenen zu konservieren, d. h. zu unterhalten und wenn nötig mit neuem Saatgut zu versorgen.“
  2. „Sie stammte aus einer Familie von Kaufleuten, Gutsherren und Militärs.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gutsherr"?
"Gutsherr" is spelled G-U-T-S-H-E-R-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ].
What does "Gutsherr" mean?
As a noun, "Gutsherr" means: (männliche) Person, die Inhaber eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes (Landgutes) ist
How do you pronounce "Gutsherr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gutsherr" is [ˈɡuːt͡sˌhɛʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gutsherr" come from?
"Gutsherr" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gutsherr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list