Golfkrieg

[ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk]

/[ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Golfkrieg” is uncommon German (frequency #57,918 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,918
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - militärische Auseinandersetzung am Persischen Golf

Corpus desk

Index DE-golfkrieg · Golfkrieg · German

Golfkrieg · rank #57,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,918
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goldfisch

Nearest frequency peer: Goldfisch (-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 „Golfkrieg“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Golfkrieg
PropertyValue
HeadwordGolfkrieg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,918
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Golfkrieg“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Goldfisch“ (#57,917), „Gouda“ (#57,919), „glow“ (#57,916). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Golfkrieg“ bei #57,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Golfkrieg is uncommon German at frequency #57,918 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Golfkrieg, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Golfkrieg, spelled G-O-L-F-K-R-I-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    militärische Auseinandersetzung am Persischen Golf
  2. 2
    militärische Auseinandersetzung am Persischen Golf
  3. 3
    militärische Auseinandersetzung am Persischen Golf
  4. 4
    militärische Auseinandersetzung am Persischen Golf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nach dem zweiten Golfkrieg verpflichtete 1991 die UN-Resolution 687 den Irak seine Massenvernichtungswaffen zu zerstören.“
  2. „Offiziell unterstützte Pakistan während des Golfkriegs die kuwaitische Seite.“

Synonyms

Erster GolfkriegIran-Irak-KriegIrak-Iran-KriegZweiter GolfkriegErster IrakkriegDritter GolfkriegIrakkriegZweiter Irakkrieg

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 "Golfkrieg"?
"Golfkrieg" is spelled G-O-L-F-K-R-I-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk].
What does "Golfkrieg" mean?
As a noun, "Golfkrieg" means: militärische Auseinandersetzung am Persischen Golf
How do you pronounce "Golfkrieg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Golfkrieg" is [ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Golfkrieg" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Goldfisch#57,917Gästebuch#57,927gesellten#57,905Harnstoff#57,934

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list