Gynäkomastie
[ɡynɛkomasˈtiː]
The verdict
“Gynäkomastie” 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) - Vergrößerung der männlichen Brust oder der Brustdrüsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gynakomastie · Gynäkomastie · German
Gynäkomastie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Gynäkomastie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡynɛkomasˈtiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gynäkomastie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gynäkomastie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡynɛkomasˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vergrößerung der männlichen Brust oder der Brustdrüsen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gynäkomastie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gynäkomastie, spelled G-Y-N-Ä-K-O-M-A-S-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Vergrößerung der männlichen Brust oder der Brustdrüsen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gynäkomastie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der echten Gynäkomastie vergrößern sich die Drüsen in der männlichen Brust, bei der falschen sammelt sich Fettgewebe an.
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.