Blattgold

[ˈblatˌɡɔlt]

/[ˈblatˌɡɔlt]/ noun

The verdict

“Blattgold” is uncommon German (frequency #69,054 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,054
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine sehr dünn ausgetriebene Goldfolie, die meist zur Vergoldung von Gegenständen benutzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-blattgold · Blattgold · German

Blattgold · rank #69,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,054
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH blickst

Nearest frequency peer: blickst (+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 „Blattgold“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blattgold
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlattgold
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈblatˌɡɔlt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Blattgold“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Blattgoldfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „blickst“ (#69,055), „Biwak“ (#69,052), „Blutvergiftung“ (#69,056). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Blattgold“ bei #69,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blattgold is uncommon German at frequency #69,054 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblatˌɡɔlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine sehr dünn ausgetriebene Goldfolie, die meist zur Vergoldung von Gegenständen benutzt wird".

Blattgold doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Blattgold, spelled B-L-A-T-T-G-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine sehr dünn ausgetriebene Goldfolie, die meist zur Vergoldung von Gegenständen benutzt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Gold galt als Metall der Götter, besonders des strahlenden Sonnengottes. Die Spitze der Obelisken wurde mit Blattgold überzogen.“
  2. „Vorne auf dem mit zartem Blattgold verzierten Einband prangte das breite Lächeln der Grinsekatze.“

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 "Blattgold"?
"Blattgold" is spelled B-L-A-T-T-G-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblatˌɡɔlt].
What does "Blattgold" mean?
As a noun, "Blattgold" means: eine sehr dünn ausgetriebene Goldfolie, die meist zur Vergoldung von Gegenständen benutzt wird
How do you pronounce "Blattgold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blattgold" is [ˈblatˌɡɔlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blattgold" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list