Papiergeld
[paˈpiːɐ̯ˌɡɛlt]
The verdict
“Papiergeld” is uncommon German (frequency #71,690 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,690
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil einer Währung, der in Form von Geldscheinen verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-papiergeld · Papiergeld · German
Papiergeld · rank #71,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,690
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Paddington
Nearest frequency peer: Paddington (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Papiergeld“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Osteopathie
Osteopathie
28,315 corpus weight
- packend
packend
28,313 corpus weight
- Paddington
Paddington
28,312 corpus weight
- Papiergeld
Papiergeld
28,311 corpus weight
- Paradieses
Paradieses
28,310 corpus weight
- pari
pari
28,309 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Papiergeld“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Papiergeld“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Papiergeld is uncommon German at frequency #71,690 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈpiːɐ̯ˌɡɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Papiergeld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich nehme sicherheitshalber immer nur ein bisschen Papiergeld mit zum Einkaufen.
„Ich vertrieb mir die Zeit, indem ich den Schreibtisch durchsuchte, allerdings nichts fand außer fünfzig Billionen altes Inflationsgeld, das unser Lieblingswärter sammelte wie jedes andere entwertete Papiergeld.“
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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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