Glied
\ɡliːt\
The verdict
“Glied” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre, partie du corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glied · Glied · French
Glied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Glied |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡliːt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Glied is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡliːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Glied in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Glied, spelled G-L-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Membre, partie du corps.
- 2Lien, joint, connexion, articulation.
- 3Membre, pénis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Männer organisierten eine Treibjagd auf dem Fluss, und nach einem bitteren und blutigen Kampf schafften sie es, das Ungeheuer zu erlegen. Drei Jäger starben und wurden verschlungen; zwei weitere verloren ein Glied (der eine einen Arm, der andere ein Bein). Doch zu guter Letzt konnte man das Tier töten.
Wer Windpocken hat, fühlt sich zunächst allgemein krank: Der Kopf und die Glieder schmerzen, die Erkrankten bekommen Fieber. Danach entwickelt sich der typische juckende Hautausschlag: meistens zuerst im Gesicht und am Rumpf, später auch auf der Kopfhaut, an den Armen und an den Beinen.
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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.