Geldadel
German, noun/ˈɡɛltˌaːdəl/
Geldadel is spelled G-E-L-D-A-D-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geldadel is a German masculine noun meaning “moneyed aristocracy (very rich families and circles forming a detached class comparable in many respects to the nobility)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besonderes Ansehen, welches einer Person aufgrund ihrer finanziellen Mittel zufällt”.
What does Geldadel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoneyed aristocracy (very rich families and circles forming a detached class comparable in many respects to the nobility)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. besonderes Ansehen, welches einer Person aufgrund ihrer finanziellen Mittel zufällt. 2. Gesamtheit der Personen, die aufgrund ihres Vermögens in Sphären des gesellschaftlichen Lebens aufgerückt sind, die materiell denen des früheren Hochadels entsprechen.
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 Geldadel
- Geldadels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geldadel?
- /ˈɡɛltˌaːdəl/
- [ˈɡɛltˌʔaːdl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geldadel in German?
Geldadel appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).