Golgatha

[ˈɡɔlɡata]

/[ˈɡɔlɡata]/ name

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The verdict

“Golgatha” is uncommon German (frequency #95,662 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,662
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota

Corpus desk

Index DE-golgatha · Golgatha · German

Golgatha · rank #95,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,662
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Goldfische

Nearest frequency peer: Goldfische (-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 „Golgatha“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Golgatha
PropertyValue
HeadwordGolgatha
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈɡɔlɡata]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,662
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Golgatha“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Golgathafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Goldfische“ (#95,661), „Goldammer“ (#95,660), „gotisch“ (#95,665). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Golgatha“ bei #95,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Golgatha is uncommon German at frequency #95,662 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɡɔlɡata]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota".

Golgatha has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Golgatha, spelled G-O-L-G-A-T-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota

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 "Golgatha"?
"Golgatha" is spelled G-O-L-G-A-T-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔlɡata].
What does "Golgatha" mean?
As a proper noun, "Golgatha" means: Name des Ortes in Jerusalem, wo Jesus von Nazareth gekreuzigt wurde; alternative (überwiegend evangelisch verwendete) Schreibweise des Eigennamens Golgota
How do you pronounce "Golgatha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Golgatha" is [ˈɡɔlɡata]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Golgatha" come from?
"Golgatha" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gravuren#95,669haltigen#95,687Gehäusen#95,611Försters#95,591

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list