Geldschein
[ˈɡɛltˌʃaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Geldschein” is uncommon German (frequency #68,260 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,260
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papiergeld; Schein, der als Zahlungsmittel verwendet wird oder wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-geldschein · Geldschein · German
Geldschein · rank #68,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,260
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geldnot
Nearest frequency peer: Geldnot (-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 „Geldschein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gegenleistu…
Gegenleistungen
31,745 corpus weight
- gelaunten
gelaunten
31,743 corpus weight
- Geldnot
Geldnot
31,742 corpus weight
- Geldschein
Geldschein
31,741 corpus weight
- geläufige
geläufige
31,740 corpus weight
- gemeinschaf…
gemeinschaftlicher
31,739 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geldschein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geldschein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛltˌʃaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geldschein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geldschein is uncommon German at frequency #68,260 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛltˌʃaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Papiergeld; Schein, der als Zahlungsmittel verwendet wird oder wurde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Geldschein, 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geldschein, spelled G-E-L-D-S-C-H-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Papiergeld; Schein, der als Zahlungsmittel verwendet wird oder wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geldschein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich nehme sicherheitshalber immer nur wenig Geldscheine mit zum Einkaufen.
„Der Geldschein machte ihn ein wenig verträglicher.“
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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.
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