Notgeld
German, noun[ˈnoːtɡɛlt]
Notgeld is spelled N-O-T-G-E-L-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notgeld is a German neuter noun meaning “notgeld (money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis, usually without official sanction from the central…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Ländern, Kommunen oder Privatunternehmen in Notzeiten ausgegebenes Zahlungsmittel, das fehlende…”.
What does Notgeld mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternotgeld (money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis, usually without official sanction from the central government)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. von Ländern, Kommunen oder Privatunternehmen in Notzeiten ausgegebenes Zahlungsmittel, das fehlende gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel ersetzt
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 Notgeld
- Notgeldes genitive
- Notgelds genitive
- Notgelder plural
- Notgelde dative singular
- Notgeldern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Notgeld?
- [ˈnoːtɡɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Notgeld in German?
Notgeld appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).