Golan
[ɡoˈlaːn]
The verdict
“Golan” is uncommon German (frequency #73,554 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,554
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - basaltisches, hügeliges Hochland im Nahen Osten zwischen dem See Genezereth und der syrischen Hauptstadt Damaskus, das in seiner Gänze international als Teil Syriens anerkannt ist, weite Teile des ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Golan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ɡoˈlaːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Golan” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Golan is uncommon German at frequency #73,554 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ɡoˈlaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "basaltisches, hügeliges Hochland im Nahen Osten zwischen dem See Genezereth und der syrischen Hauptstadt Damaskus, das in seiner Gänze international als Teil Syriens anerkannt ist, weite Teile des ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Golan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Golan, spelled G-O-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1basaltisches, hügeliges Hochland im Nahen Osten zwischen dem See Genezereth und der syrischen Hauptstadt Damaskus, das in seiner Gänze international als Teil Syriens anerkannt ist, weite Teile des Hochlandes jedoch seit dem Sechstagekrieg von 1967 de facto unter israelischer Kontrolle stehen
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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Using “Golan”
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- The one correct German spelling is G-O-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.