goodwill
[ˈɡʊdvɪl]
The verdict
“goodwill” is uncommon German (frequency #74,650 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,650
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der gute Name eines Betriebs; ideeller Firmenwert
Corpus desk
Index DE-goodwill · goodwill · German
goodwill · rank #74,650 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,650
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Goodies
Nearest frequency peer: Goodies (-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 „goodwill“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gnom
Gnom
25,356 corpus weight
- Goodies
Goodies
25,352 corpus weight
- goodwill
goodwill
25,351 corpus weight
- Gossen
Gossen
25,350 corpus weight
- graffitis
graffitis
25,349 corpus weight
- grandma
grandma
25,347 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „goodwill“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | goodwill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʊdvɪl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „goodwill“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
goodwill is uncommon German at frequency #74,650 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʊdvɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
goodwill doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is goodwill, spelled G-O-O-D-W-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1der gute Name eines Betriebs; ideeller Firmenwert
- 2Goodwill
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how goodwill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ve Velké Británii byla finanční hodnota - goodwill - odepisována hned při koupi.
Záporné goodwilly byly zaúčtovány do nerozdělených zisků.
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.
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