Guinee
[ɡiˈneːə]
The verdict
“Guinee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - englische Goldmünze
Corpus desk
Index DE-guinee · Guinee · German
Guinee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Guinee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡiˈneːə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Guinee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Guinee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡiˈneːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Guinee has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Guinee, spelled G-U-I-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1englische Goldmünze
- 2englische Rechnungseinheit von 21 Schilling
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Guinee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mr. Fraser schenkte mir zudem eine Guinee, und als ich ging, drückte auch Mrs. Fraser mir eine Pfundnote in die Hand.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.