Schweigegeld
German, noun/ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡəˌɡɛlt/
Schweigegeld is spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E-G-E-L-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schweigegeld is a German neuter noun meaning “hush money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gelder oder Geldsumme, die einem gezahlt wird, damit man eine bestimmte Information verschweigt…”.
What does Schweigegeld mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhush money
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gelder oder Geldsumme, die einem gezahlt wird, damit man eine bestimmte Information verschweigt; Bestechungsgeld
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 Schweigegeld
- Schweigegeldes genitive
- Schweigegelds genitive
- Schweigegelder plural
- Schweigegelde dative singular
- Schweigegeldern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schweigegeld?
- /ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡəˌɡɛlt/
- [ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡəˌɡɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schweigegeld in German?
Schweigegeld appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).