Goldhähnchen
[ˈɡɔltˌhɛːnçən]
The verdict
“Goldhähnchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gattung der Singvögel aus der Ordnung Sperlingsvögel
Corpus desk
Index DE-goldhahnchen · Goldhähnchen · German
Goldhähnchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Goldhähnchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔltˌhɛːnçən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Goldhähnchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Goldhähnchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌhɛːnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Gattung der Singvögel aus der Ordnung Sperlingsvögel".
Goldhähnchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Goldhähnchen, spelled G-O-L-D-H-Ä-H-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Gattung der Singvögel aus der Ordnung Sperlingsvögel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Goldhähnchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als in Mitteleuropa heimische Goldhähnchen können das Sommergoldhähnchen und das Wintergoldhähnchen genannt werden.
Die Goldhähnchen sind die kleinsten europäischen Singvögel.
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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.