bargeldlos

[ˈbaːɐ̯ɡɛltˌloːs]

/[ˈbaːɐ̯ɡɛltˌloːs]/ adj

The verdict

“bargeldlos” is uncommon German (frequency #74,348 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,348
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Verwendung von Bargeld

Corpus desk

Index DE-bargeldlos · bargeldlos · German

bargeldlos · rank #74,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,348
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Banknote

Nearest frequency peer: Banknote (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bargeldlos“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bargeldlos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bargeldlos
PropertyValue
Headwordbargeldlos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbaːɐ̯ɡɛltˌloːs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bargeldlos“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bargeldlosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Banknote“ (#74,347), „Bartwuchs“ (#74,349), „Bankdirektor“ (#74,346). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bargeldlos“ bei #74,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bargeldlos is uncommon German at frequency #74,348 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbaːɐ̯ɡɛltˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Verwendung von Bargeld".

Zero misspellings are on record for bargeldlos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bargeldlos, spelled B-A-R-G-E-L-D-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Verwendung von Bargeld

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bargeldlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Viele Läden akzeptieren bargeldlose Bezahlung.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bargeldlos"?
"bargeldlos" is spelled B-A-R-G-E-L-D-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaːɐ̯ɡɛltˌloːs].
What does "bargeldlos" mean?
As an adjective, "bargeldlos" means: ohne Verwendung von Bargeld
How do you pronounce "bargeldlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bargeldlos" is [ˈbaːɐ̯ɡɛltˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bargeldlos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list