Goldgräber
[ˈɡɔltˌɡʁɛːbɐ]
The verdict
“Goldgräber” is uncommon German (frequency #72,487 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,487
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die nach Goldstaub oder Goldnuggets sucht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goldgräber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔltˌɡʁɛːbɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Goldgräber” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Goldgräber is uncommon German at frequency #72,487 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌɡʁɛːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die nach Goldstaub oder Goldnuggets sucht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Goldgräber in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Goldgräber, spelled G-O-L-D-G-R-Ä-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die nach Goldstaub oder Goldnuggets sucht
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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 “Goldgräber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-O-L-D-G-R-Ä-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡɔltˌɡʁɛːbɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.