Goldfaden
German, noun/ˈɡɔltˌfaːdn̩/
Goldfaden is spelled G-O-L-D-F-A-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goldfaden is a German masculine noun meaning “gold thread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Faden aus Gold oder einem goldfarbenen Metall”.
What does Goldfaden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegold thread
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faden aus Gold oder einem goldfarbenen Metall 2. textiler Faden, der goldfarben ist oder mit Gold überzogen wurde
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 Goldfaden
- Goldfadens genitive
- Goldfäden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Goldfaden?
- /ˈɡɔltˌfaːdn̩/
- [ˈɡɔltˌfaːdn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Goldfaden in German?
Goldfaden appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).