Festgeld

[ˈfɛstˌɡɛlt]

/[ˈfɛstˌɡɛlt]/ noun

The verdict

“Festgeld” is uncommon German (frequency #53,683 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,683
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anlageform, bei der das Geld zu einem festen Zins für einen vereinbarten Zeitraum angelegt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-festgeld · Festgeld · German

Festgeld · rank #53,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,683
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fetzt

Nearest frequency peer: fetzt (+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 „Festgeld“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Festgeld
PropertyValue
HeadwordFestgeld
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛstˌɡɛlt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Festgeld“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fetzt“ (#53,684), „felt“ (#53,681), „Finanzierungen“ (#53,685). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Festgeld“ bei #53,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Festgeld is uncommon German at frequency #53,683 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌɡɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anlageform, bei der das Geld zu einem festen Zins für einen vereinbarten Zeitraum angelegt wird".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Festgeld, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Festgeld, spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anlageform, bei der das Geld zu einem festen Zins für einen vereinbarten Zeitraum angelegt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Anleger erhalten jetzt nämlich bis zu 4,25 % Zinsen beim 5-jährigen Festgeld mit jährlicher Zinsgutschrift.

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 "Festgeld"?
"Festgeld" is spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌɡɛlt].
What does "Festgeld" mean?
As a noun, "Festgeld" means: Anlageform, bei der das Geld zu einem festen Zins für einen vereinbarten Zeitraum angelegt wird
How do you pronounce "Festgeld"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Festgeld" is [ˈfɛstˌɡɛlt]. 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 "Festgeld", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list