Christbaum
[ˈkʁɪstˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Christbaum” is uncommon German (frequency #57,752 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,752
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - festlich (mit Figuren, Kerzen und/oder Lichterketten, Kugeln, Lametta, Sternen und dergleichen) geschmückter Nadelbaum (zumeist Tanne, Fichte oder Kiefer), der zur Weihnachtszeit in Wohnzimmern, Bü...
Corpus desk
Index DE-christbaum · Christbaum · German
Christbaum · rank #57,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,752
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chloroform
Nearest frequency peer: Chloroform (-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 „Christbaum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- cheat
cheat
42,252 corpus weight
- Chloroform
Chloroform
42,250 corpus weight
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Christbaum
42,249 corpus weight
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42,248 corpus weight
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42,246 corpus weight
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Computerprogramm
42,245 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Christbaum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Christbaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɪstˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Christbaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Christbaum is uncommon German at frequency #57,752 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɪstˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Christbaum, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Christbaum, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1festlich (mit Figuren, Kerzen und/oder Lichterketten, Kugeln, Lametta, Sternen und dergleichen) geschmückter Nadelbaum (zumeist Tanne, Fichte oder Kiefer), der zur Weihnachtszeit in Wohnzimmern, Büroräumen oder in Vorgärten und auf öffentlichen Plätzen aufgestellt wird
- 2zur Markierung von Angriffsgebieten eines Bombers (während des Zweiten Weltkriegs) verwendetes Leuchtsignal
- 3jemand, der eine reichdekorierte Uniform trägt
- 4jemand, der in der militärischen Rangstufe einen der Dienstgrade zwischen Leutnant und General innehat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Christbaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder schmücken den Christbaum mit Kugeln und anderem Schmuck.
„Und dabei liegt hoher Schnee um unser Häuschen, der Christbaum steht - nur mit goldenen Kugeln behangen - vor meinem Fenster und Annettchen lächelt mir mit großen blauen Augen zu.“
This word in other languages
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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