Goldfieber
[ˈɡɔltˌfiːbɐ]
The verdict
“Goldfieber” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Besessenheit von dem Gedanken, nach Gold zu suchen; die Gier danach, Gold zu finden
Corpus desk
Index DE-goldfieber · Goldfieber · German
Goldfieber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goldfieber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔltˌfiːbɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Goldfieber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Goldfieber is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌfiːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Besessenheit von dem Gedanken, nach Gold zu suchen; die Gier danach, Gold zu finden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Goldfieber in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Goldfieber, spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-E-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Besessenheit von dem Gedanken, nach Gold zu suchen; die Gier danach, Gold zu finden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Goldfieber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Selbst ruhige, besonnene Leute wurden angesteckt von dem Goldfieber. Wer wollte auch nicht mühelos reich werden?“
„Doch auch die anderen in Coro hatten sich jetzt mit dem Goldfieber angesteckt.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.