Gehalt
German, noun/ɡəˈhalt/
Gehalt is spelled G-E-H-A-L-T (6 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written German, the 3,371st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gehalt is a German masculine noun meaning “content, fraction (amount or percentage of some material in a mass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Menge einer bestimmten Substanz in einem Gemisch”.
What does Gehalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontent, fraction (amount or percentage of some material in a mass)
- 2
archaicmasculinecontent (that which is inside, contained)
noun
- 1
masculineneutersalary
- 2
masculineneuterpension, annuity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Menge einer bestimmten Substanz in einem Gemisch 2. der ideelle Wert, der geistige beziehungsweise gedankliche Inhalt eines kreativen Werkes
noun: 1. Geldbetrag, welcher auf Grund von Anwesenheit und verrichteter Dienste regelmäßig an Beamte oder Angestellte bezahlt wird
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 Gehalt
- Gehalts genitive
- Gehaltes genitive
- Gehalte plural
- Gehalten dative definite plural
- Gehälter plural
- Gehältern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gehalt?
- /ɡəˈhalt/
- [ɡəˈhalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gehalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gehalt in German?
Gehalt appears 24 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).