so gut wie
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The verdict
“so gut wie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht ganz, aber fast
Corpus desk
Index DE-so-gut-wie · so gut wie · German
so gut wie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | so gut wie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „so gut wie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
so gut wie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht ganz, aber fast".
No misspelling variants are generated for so gut wie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is so gut wie, spelled S-O- -G-U-T- -W-I-E.
Definition
- 1nicht ganz, aber fast
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how so gut wie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin mit meiner Arbeit so gut wie fertig.
Die Weinflasche ist so gut wie leer.
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.