Goldfisch

[ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]

/[ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]/ noun

The verdict

“Goldfisch” is uncommon German (frequency #57,917 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,917
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels

Corpus desk

Index DE-goldfisch · Goldfisch · German

Goldfisch · rank #57,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,917
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH glow

Nearest frequency peer: glow (-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 „Goldfisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Goldfisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoldfisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,917
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Goldfisch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „glow“ (#57,916), „Golfkrieg“ (#57,918), „Glasscherben“ (#57,915). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Goldfisch“ bei #57,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Goldfisch is uncommon German at frequency #57,917 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels".

Zero misspellings are on record for Goldfisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Goldfisch, spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pass auf, dass die Katze den Goldfisch nicht frisst!
  2. „In einer Glaskugel im Wohnzimmer schwimmen zwei Goldfische.“

Antonyms

Goldorfe

This word in other languages

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 "Goldfisch"?
"Goldfisch" is spelled G-O-L-D-F-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ].
What does "Goldfisch" mean?
As a noun, "Goldfisch" means: orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels
How do you pronounce "Goldfisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goldfisch" is [ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goldfisch" come from?
"Goldfisch" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list