Dampfkessel

/[ˈdamp͡fˌkɛsl̩]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,289

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Dampfkessel is aGermannoun. It means: geschlossenes beheiztes Gefäß zum Erzeugen von Wasserdampf mit hohem Druck für Heiz- und Betriebszwecke Pronounced [ˈdamp͡fˌkɛsl̩].

Key facts for Dampfkessel
PropertyValue
HeadwordDampfkessel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdamp͡fˌkɛsl̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,289
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Dampfkessel in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dampfkessel is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdamp͡fˌkɛsl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,289 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "geschlossenes beheiztes Gefäß zum Erzeugen von Wasserdampf mit hohem Druck für Heiz- und Betriebszwecke".

No misspelling variants are generated for Dampfkessel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dampfkessel, spelled D-A-M-P-F-K-E-S-S-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    geschlossenes beheiztes Gefäß zum Erzeugen von Wasserdampf mit hohem Druck für Heiz- und Betriebszwecke

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #72,289 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dampfkessel"?
"Dampfkessel" is spelled D-A-M-P-F-K-E-S-S-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdamp͡fˌkɛsl̩].
What does "Dampfkessel" mean?
As a noun, "Dampfkessel" means: geschlossenes beheiztes Gefäß zum Erzeugen von Wasserdampf mit hohem Druck für Heiz- und Betriebszwecke
How do you pronounce "Dampfkessel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dampfkessel" is [ˈdamp͡fˌkɛsl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dampfkessel" come from?
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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.