Goldwaage

[ˈɡɔltˌvaːɡə]

/[ˈɡɔltˌvaːɡə]/ noun

The verdict

“Goldwaage” is uncommon German (frequency #93,003 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,003
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Waage, die von 0 bis 200 oder 500 Gramm wiegt, mit einer Toleranz von 0,1 Gramm

Corpus desk

Index DE-goldwaage · Goldwaage · German

Goldwaage · rank #93,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,003
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gnosis

Nearest frequency peer: Gnosis (-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 „Goldwaage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Goldwaage
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoldwaage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɔltˌvaːɡə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,003
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Goldwaage“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gnosis“ (#93,002), „Golfclubs“ (#93,004), „Gnadenbild“ (#93,001). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Goldwaage“ bei #93,003. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Goldwaage is uncommon German at frequency #93,003 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔltˌvaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Waage, die von 0 bis 200 oder 500 Gramm wiegt, mit einer Toleranz von 0,1 Gramm".

Zero misspellings are on record for Goldwaage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Goldwaage, spelled G-O-L-D-W-A-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Waage, die von 0 bis 200 oder 500 Gramm wiegt, mit einer Toleranz von 0,1 Gramm

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Goldwaagen werden von Juwelieren benutzt, um das Gewicht eines Schmuckstückes und somit dessen Wert zu bestimmen.
  2. Meist sind Goldwaagen so gebaut, dass man sie leicht verstauen und transportieren kann.

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 "Goldwaage"?
"Goldwaage" is spelled G-O-L-D-W-A-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔltˌvaːɡə].
What does "Goldwaage" mean?
As a noun, "Goldwaage" means: Waage, die von 0 bis 200 oder 500 Gramm wiegt, mit einer Toleranz von 0,1 Gramm
How do you pronounce "Goldwaage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goldwaage" is [ˈɡɔltˌvaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goldwaage" come from?
"Goldwaage" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Goldwaage", 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