Goldfisch
[ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ]
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
- Gewissensbi…
Gewissensbisse
42,087 corpus weight
- Glasscherben
Glasscherben
42,086 corpus weight
- glow
glow
42,085 corpus weight
- Goldfisch
Goldfisch
42,084 corpus weight
- Golfkrieg
Golfkrieg
42,083 corpus weight
- Gouda
Gouda
42,082 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Goldfisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goldfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔltˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Goldfisch“ im Deutschen
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
- 1orangefarbener, ursprünglich aus Ostasien stammender Zierfisch, eine Unterart des Giebels
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Goldfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pass auf, dass die Katze den Goldfisch nicht frisst!
„In einer Glaskugel im Wohnzimmer schwimmen zwei Goldfische.“
Antonyms
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.
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