Goldmine

[ˈɡɔltˌmiːnə]

/[ˈɡɔltˌmiːnə]/ noun

The verdict

“Goldmine” is uncommon German (frequency #56,179 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,179
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bergwerk, in dem Gold abgebaut wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-goldmine · Goldmine · German

Goldmine · rank #56,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,179
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gmelin

Nearest frequency peer: Gmelin (-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 „Goldmine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Goldmine
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoldmine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɔltˌmiːnə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Goldmine“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Goldminefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gmelin“ (#56,178), „glitzert“ (#56,177), „Gotteshäuser“ (#56,181). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Goldmine“ bei #56,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Goldmine is uncommon German at frequency #56,179 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌmiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bergwerk, in dem Gold abgebaut wird".

Zero misspellings are on record for Goldmine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Goldmine, spelled G-O-L-D-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bergwerk, in dem Gold abgebaut wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im Tauerngebirge fanden sie eine stillgelegte Goldmine.
  2. „Sein Name war Montez, und er war der Manager der Goldmine gewesen.“

Synonyms

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 "Goldmine"?
"Goldmine" is spelled G-O-L-D-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔltˌmiːnə].
What does "Goldmine" mean?
As a noun, "Goldmine" means: Bergwerk, in dem Gold abgebaut wird
How do you pronounce "Goldmine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goldmine" is [ˈɡɔltˌmiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goldmine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list