Papiergeld
[paˈpiːɐ̯ˌɡɛlt]
The verdict
“Papiergeld” is an uncommon German word, ranked #71,690 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,690
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Geldscheinen verwendet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Papiergeld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈpiːɐ̯ˌɡɛlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Papiergeld” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Papiergeld is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈpiːɐ̯ˌɡɛlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,690 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Geldscheinen verwendet wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Papiergeld, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Papiergeld, spelled P-A-P-I-E-R-G-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Geldscheinen verwendet wird
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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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Using “Papiergeld”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-P-I-E-R-G-E-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈpiːɐ̯ˌɡɛlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.