wie geht’s

/[ˌviː ˈɡeːt͡s]/ phrase

Letters

10 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

wie geht’s is aGermanphrase. It means: Kurzform von „wie geht es dir“ Pronounced [ˌviː ˈɡeːt͡s].

Key facts for wie geht’s
PropertyValue
Headwordwie geht’s
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌviː ˈɡeːt͡s]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

wie geht’s is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for wie geht’s is 10 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌviː ˈɡeːt͡s]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kurzform von „wie geht es dir“".

No misspelling variants are generated for wie geht’s in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is wie geht’s, spelled W-I-E- -G-E-H-T-’-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kurzform von „wie geht es dir“

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wie geht’s"?
"wie geht’s" is spelled W-I-E- -G-E-H-T-’-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌviː ˈɡeːt͡s].
What does "wie geht’s" mean?
As a phrase, "wie geht’s" means: Kurzform von „wie geht es dir“
How do you pronounce "wie geht’s"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wie geht’s" is [ˌviː ˈɡeːt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wie geht’s" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.