coffin
[ˈkɒfɪn]
The verdict
“coffin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - längliches, kastenförmiges Behältnis mit Deckel, das meist aus Holz oder Metall besteht und in das ein Leichnam gelegt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-coffin · coffin · German
coffin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coffin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɒfɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „coffin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
coffin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɒfɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coffin, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 coffin, spelled C-O-F-F-I-N.
Definition
- 1längliches, kastenförmiges Behältnis mit Deckel, das meist aus Holz oder Metall besteht und in das ein Leichnam gelegt wird
- 2altes Schiff, das eigentlich nicht mehr seetüchtig ist, aber trotzdem noch eingesetzt wird
- 3altes Flugzeug, das eigentlich nicht mehr flugtauglich ist, aber trotzdem noch eingesetzt wird
- 4spezielles Behältnis für den Transport und die Lagerung von radioaktivem Material
- 5viereckiger Kasten an einer alten manuellen Druckerpresse, der auf einem Laufbrett die Form unter den Tiegel der Presse führt
- 6Kruste aus dicker Hornschicht an den Zehenspitzen eines Pferdes
- 7Behältnis für den Brennofen, in das Roherzeugnisse aus Steingut, Porzellan für den Brennvorgang platziert werden
- 8Abbau über Strossen
- 9trichterförmiger Behälter aus zusammengedrehtem Papier (besonders für Lebensmittel)
- 10glühendes oblonges Kohlestück, das aus dem Feuer herausplatzt (was dem Aberglauben nach den Tod ankündigen soll)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coffin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“She remembered Papa’s coffin draped with the Union Jack. […] It had seemed strange, for Papa had never managed to speak English properly and had been a British subject only for the last year of his life. Then the icy hall and the German musicians playing the Beethoven Seventh which Papa had loved so much; the soldiers of the British Control Commission wh…
“The mutes bore the coffin into the chapel. […] The coffin lay on its bier before the chancel, four tall yellow candles at its corners.”
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.