Geldinstitut

[ˈɡɛltʔɪnstiˌtuːt]

/[ˈɡɛltʔɪnstiˌtuːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geldinstitut” is uncommon German (frequency #92,956 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,956
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unternehmen für Finanzgeschäfte, bei der Kunden Geld einzahlen, abheben oder wechseln können

Corpus desk

Index DE-geldinstitut · Geldinstitut · German

Geldinstitut · rank #92,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,956
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geldentwertung

Nearest frequency peer: Geldentwertung (-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 „Geldinstitut“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geldinstitut
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeldinstitut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɛltʔɪnstiˌtuːt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,956
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geldinstitut“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Geldinstitutfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Geldentwertung“ (#92,955), „gelähmten“ (#92,957), „geködert“ (#92,954). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geldinstitut“ bei #92,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geldinstitut is uncommon German at frequency #92,956 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛltʔɪnstiˌtuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unternehmen für Finanzgeschäfte, bei der Kunden Geld einzahlen, abheben oder wechseln können".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Geldinstitut, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Geldinstitut, spelled G-E-L-D-I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unternehmen für Finanzgeschäfte, bei der Kunden Geld einzahlen, abheben oder wechseln können

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der Devisenskandal bringt dem Geldinstitut neuen Ärger.“
  2. „Ein Pfändungsschutzkonto darf nicht mehr kosten als ein normales Girokonto bei demselben Geldinstitut.“

Synonyms

BankFinanzinstitutGeldhausKreditinstitut

This word in other languages

banque(Français)

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 "Geldinstitut"?
"Geldinstitut" is spelled G-E-L-D-I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛltʔɪnstiˌtuːt].
What does "Geldinstitut" mean?
As a noun, "Geldinstitut" means: Unternehmen für Finanzgeschäfte, bei der Kunden Geld einzahlen, abheben oder wechseln können
How do you pronounce "Geldinstitut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geldinstitut" is [ˈɡɛltʔɪnstiˌtuːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geldinstitut" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geldinstitut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gepäckstücke#92,969gastgebenden#92,939geschaffenes#92,974fünfstellige#92,934

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list