gießen
\ˈɡiːsn̩\
The verdict
“gießen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fondre, couler, mouler du métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gie-en · gießen · French
gießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | gießen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈɡiːsn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gießen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gießen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈɡiːsn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gießen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gießen, spelled G-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fondre, couler, mouler du métal.
- 2Arroser, verser.
- 3Verser.
- 4Lancer un liquide.
- 5Pleuvoir fort, pleuvoir à verse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gießen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hammerköpfe werden gegossen.
Die Blume muss jeden Tag gegossen werden!
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.