Glückspilz
German, noun/ˈɡlʏkspɪlts/
Glückspilz is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-P-I-L-Z (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glückspilz is a German masculine noun meaning “lucky devil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, dem ganz unerwartet oder sehr häufig Gutes widerfährt”.
What does Glückspilz mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinelucky devil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, dem ganz unerwartet oder sehr häufig Gutes widerfährt 2. Parvenü, Emporkömmling
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 Glückspilz
- Glückspilzes genitive
- Glückspilze plural
- Glückspilzen dative definite plural
- Glückspilzchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Glückspilz?
- /ˈɡlʏkspɪlts/
- [ˈɡlʏksˌpɪlt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Glückspilz in German?
Glückspilz appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).