Lösegeld
German, noun/ˈløːzəˌɡɛlt/
Lösegeld is spelled L-Ö-S-E-G-E-L-D (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lösegeld is a German neuter noun meaning “ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geld, das für die Freilassung einer Geisel gezahlt wird”.
What does Lösegeld mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geld, das für die Freilassung einer Geisel gezahlt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lösegeld
- Lösegeldes genitive
- Lösegelds genitive
- Lösegelder plural
- Lösegelde dative singular
- Lösegeldern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lösegeld?
- /ˈløːzəˌɡɛlt/
- [ˈløːzəˌɡɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lösegeld
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lösegeld in German?
Lösegeld appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).