cart

Name: cart, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[kaːt]

/[kaːt]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cart” is uncommon German (frequency #64,148 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,148
frequency rank, German: 1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Karren, Frachtkarren, Lieferwagen, Handwagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-cart · cart · German

cart · rank #64,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

Nearest frequency peer: calcio (-2 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.

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cart“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for cart
Property	Value
Headword	cart
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kaːt]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#64,148
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cart“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).cartfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#64,148

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „calcio“ (#64,146), „Calbe“ (#64,145), „Bündchen“ (#64,144). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cart“ bei #64,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cart is uncommon German at frequency #64,148 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Karren, Frachtkarren, Lieferwagen, Handwagen".

cart has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is cart, spelled C-A-R-T.

Definition

1
Karren, Frachtkarren, Lieferwagen, Handwagen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cart"?

"cart" is spelled C-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kaːt].

What does "cart" mean?

As a noun, "cart" means: Karren, Frachtkarren, Lieferwagen, Handwagen

How do you pronounce "cart"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cart" is [kaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cart" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cart", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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