Blutgeld
German, noun/ˈbluːtˌɡɛlt/
Blutgeld is spelled B-L-U-T-G-E-L-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blutgeld is a German neuter noun meaning “blood money, wergeld, diyya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das durch einen Mord oder eine andere Gewalttat erworbene Geld”.
What does Blutgeld mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterblood money, wergeld, diyya
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das durch einen Mord oder eine andere Gewalttat erworbene Geld 2. den Verwandten eines Mordopfers als Entschädigung zu zahlendes Geld
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Blutgeld
- Blutgeldes genitive
- Blutgelds genitive
- Blutgelder plural
- Blutgelde dative singular
- Blutgeldern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blutgeld?
- /ˈbluːtˌɡɛlt/
- [ˈbluːtˌɡɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blutgeld in German?
Blutgeld appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).