Golfspieler

[ˈɡɔlfˌʃpiːlɐ]

/[ˈɡɔlfˌʃpiːlɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Golfspieler” is uncommon German (frequency #99,907 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,907
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportler der das Golfspiel ausübt

Corpus desk

Index DE-golfspieler · Golfspieler · German

Golfspieler · rank #99,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,907
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Golfplätze

Nearest frequency peer: Golfplätze (-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 „Golfspieler“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Golfspieler
PropertyValue
HeadwordGolfspieler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɔlfˌʃpiːlɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,907
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Golfspieler“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Golfplätze“ (#99,906), „Goodie“ (#99,908), „googlet“ (#99,909). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Golfspieler“ bei #99,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Golfspieler is uncommon German at frequency #99,907 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔlfˌʃpiːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportler der das Golfspiel ausübt".

Golfspieler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Golfspieler, spelled G-O-L-F-S-P-I-E-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sportler der das Golfspiel ausübt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beim Platzreifekurs lernen die angehenden Golfspieler die Regeln und die Etikette, die es auf einen Golfplatz zu beachten gilt.
  2. „Wiesberger ist wie fast alle guten Golfspieler kein großes Muskelpaket, trainiert gezielt, was er braucht.“

Synonyms

Golfer

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 "Golfspieler"?
"Golfspieler" is spelled G-O-L-F-S-P-I-E-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔlfˌʃpiːlɐ].
What does "Golfspieler" mean?
As a noun, "Golfspieler" means: Sportler der das Golfspiel ausübt
How do you pronounce "Golfspieler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Golfspieler" is [ˈɡɔlfˌʃpiːlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Golfspieler" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gestressten#99,886geschlungen#99,880gepolsterte#99,871Gemeinwohls#99,862

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list