Eichkatzerl
[ˈaɪ̯çˌkat͡sɐl]
The verdict
“Eichkatzerl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines, rotbraunes bis schwarzbraunes Nagetier mit buschigem Schwanz
Corpus desk
Index DE-eichkatzerl · Eichkatzerl · German
Eichkatzerl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Eichkatzerl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯çˌkat͡sɐl] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eichkatzerl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eichkatzerl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯çˌkat͡sɐl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines, rotbraunes bis schwarzbraunes Nagetier mit buschigem Schwanz".
Eichkatzerl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Eichkatzerl, spelled E-I-C-H-K-A-T-Z-E-R-L.
Definition
- 1kleines, rotbraunes bis schwarzbraunes Nagetier mit buschigem Schwanz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eichkatzerl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Eichkatzerl trägt eine Eichel in sein Nest.
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.