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Spielgeld

German, noun[ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]

Spielgeld is spelled S-P-I-E-L-G-E-L-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielgeld is a German neuter noun meaning “play money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “offensichtlich unechte Geldscheine und Währungen, die in Spielen benutzt werden”.

What does Spielgeld mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterplay money

  2. 2

    neutermoney used as a stake in games

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. offensichtlich unechte Geldscheine und Währungen, die in Spielen benutzt werden 2. Einsatz bei Glücksspielen

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 Spielgeld

  • Spielgeldes genitive
  • Spielgelds genitive
  • Spielgelder plural
  • Spielgelde dative singular
  • Spielgeldern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Spielgeld?

  • [ˈʃpiːlɡɛlt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Spielgeld

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Spielgeld in German?

Spielgeld appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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