goat

[ɡəʊt]

/[ɡəʊt]/ noun

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The verdict

“goat” is uncommon German (frequency #70,329 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,329
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ziege

Corpus desk

Index DE-goat · goat · German

goat · rank #70,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,329
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goldstandard

Nearest frequency peer: Goldstandard (+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 „goat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goat
PropertyValue
Headwordgoat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəʊt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „goat“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Goldstandard“ (#70,330), „glaubhafte“ (#70,327), „glamouröse“ (#70,326). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „goat“ bei #70,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goat is uncommon German at frequency #70,329 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəʊt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

goat has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is goat, spelled G-O-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ziege
  2. 2
    unfreundlicher, alter Mann; besonders jemand, der sexuell sehr aktiv ist

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 "goat"?
"goat" is spelled G-O-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəʊt].
What does "goat" mean?
As a noun, "goat" means: Ziege
How do you pronounce "goat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goat" is [ɡəʊt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goat" come from?
"goat" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glad#70,325hitz#70,390eyed#70,237jako#70,423

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list