Hartgeld
[ˈhaʁtˌɡɛlt]
The verdict
“Hartgeld” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Münzen verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hartgeld · Hartgeld · German
Hartgeld · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Hartgeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʁtˌɡɛlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hartgeld“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hartgeld is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʁtˌɡɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Münzen verwendet wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hartgeld in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hartgeld, spelled H-A-R-T-G-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1der Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Münzen verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hartgeld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe nur noch ein bisschen Hartgeld in der Tasche.
Evi bezahlte ihren Einkauf nur mit Hartgeld, damit ihr Portemonnaie endlich nicht mehr so schwer war.
Antonyms
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.