Golem
German, noun/ˈɡoːlɛm/
Golem is spelled G-O-L-E-M (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Golem is a German masculine noun meaning “golem (creature from clay)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “große, menschengestaltige, zeitweise zum Leben erwachende, künstlich geschaffene Tonfigur”.
What does Golem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegolem (creature from clay)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. große, menschengestaltige, zeitweise zum Leben erwachende, künstlich geschaffene Tonfigur
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Golem
- Golems genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Golem?
- /ˈɡoːlɛm/
- [ˈɡoːlɛm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Golem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Golem in German?
Golem appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).