Gemälde
\ˌɡəˈmɛːldə\
The verdict
“Gemälde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tableau, peinture
Corpus desk
Index FR-gemalde · Gemälde · French
Gemälde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Gemälde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɡəˈmɛːldə\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Gemälde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Gemälde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɡəˈmɛːldə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tableau, peinture".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gemälde in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Gemälde, spelled G-E-M-Ä-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1Tableau, peinture
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gemälde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er vor dem Gemälde stand, machte er halt.
Die Sequenz dauert drei Sekunden, aber Lucie Bogaert gefällt sie nicht. (...) Sie notiert, dass sie bei den Spezialeffekten mit dem Gamma und den Kontrasten spielen, ein zu stark aus dem Hintergrund tretendes Gemälde weichzeichnen sollen.
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.