Chanukka
[ˌxanʊˈkaː]
The verdict
“Chanukka” is uncommon German (frequency #96,796 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,796
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jährlich am 25. Kislew beginnendes, acht Tage währendes jüdisches Fest zum Gedenken an die Wiedereinweihung des Herodianischen Tempels im Jahre 164 vor unserer Zeitrechnung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chanukka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌxanʊˈkaː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chanukka” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chanukka is uncommon German at frequency #96,796 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌxanʊˈkaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Chanukka in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Chanukka, spelled C-H-A-N-U-K-K-A.
Definition
- 1jährlich am 25. Kislew beginnendes, acht Tage währendes jüdisches Fest zum Gedenken an die Wiedereinweihung des Herodianischen Tempels im Jahre 164 vor unserer Zeitrechnung
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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 “Chanukka”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-A-N-U-K-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌxanʊˈkaː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.