Gymnasion
[ɡʏmˈnazi̯ɔn]
The verdict
“Gymnasion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Übungs- und Wettkampfanlage, die der Jugend zur körperlichen Ertüchtigung dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-gymnasion · Gymnasion · German
Gymnasion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Gymnasion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʏmˈnazi̯ɔn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gymnasion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gymnasion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʏmˈnazi̯ɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Übungs- und Wettkampfanlage, die der Jugend zur körperlichen Ertüchtigung dient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gymnasion, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Gymnasion, spelled G-Y-M-N-A-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Übungs- und Wettkampfanlage, die der Jugend zur körperlichen Ertüchtigung dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gymnasion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gymnasion und Poliskultur bilden spätestens seit klassischer Zeit eine untrennbare Einheit.
Eine Stadt ist von nun an ohne eine derartige Einrichtung kaum denkbar, und umgekehrt formt das Gymnasion einen wichtigen Teil im Leben der Bürger.
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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.