Glückstadt

[ˈɡlʏkˌʃtat]

/[ˈɡlʏkˌʃtat]/ name

The verdict

“Glückstadt” is uncommon German (frequency #65,294 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,294
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-gluckstadt · Glückstadt · German

Glückstadt · rank #65,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,294
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Glatzen

Nearest frequency peer: Glatzen (-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 „Glückstadt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Glückstadt
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlückstadt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈɡlʏkˌʃtat]
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Glückstadt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Glatzen“ (#65,293), „Glühwürmchen“ (#65,295), „Glashütten“ (#65,292). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glückstadt“ bei #65,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Glückstadt is uncommon German at frequency #65,294 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏkˌʃtat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland".

Zero misspellings are on record for Glückstadt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Glückstadt, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-T-A-D-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Glückstadt liegt in Deutschlands Norden.
  2. „Sie sagten, sie wären aus Glückstadt in Holstein und sollten Malz und Hopfen holen.“

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 "Glückstadt"?
"Glückstadt" is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-T-A-D-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlʏkˌʃtat].
What does "Glückstadt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Glückstadt" means: eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Glückstadt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glückstadt" is [ˈɡlʏkˌʃtat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glückstadt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list