Geldbuße
[ˈɡɛltˌbuːsə]
The verdict
“Geldbuße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sanktion für eine Ordnungswidrigkeit in Form einer Geldzahlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-geldbu-e · Geldbuße · German
Geldbuße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geldbuße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛltˌbuːsə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geldbuße“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geldbuße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛltˌbuːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sanktion für eine Ordnungswidrigkeit in Form einer Geldzahlung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Geldbuße, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geldbuße, spelled G-E-L-D-B-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sanktion für eine Ordnungswidrigkeit in Form einer Geldzahlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geldbuße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen Überschreitung der zugelassenen Höchstgeschwindigkeit musste er eine Geldbuße zahlen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.