Faltkarton
[ˈfaltkaʁˌtɔŋ]
The verdict
“Faltkarton” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schachtel aus Pappe, die zum Aufbewahren zusammengelegt ist und zum Benutzen aufgestellt/aufgefaltet werden muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-faltkarton · Faltkarton · German
Faltkarton · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Faltkarton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaltkaʁˌtɔŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Faltkarton“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Faltkarton is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaltkaʁˌtɔŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schachtel aus Pappe, die zum Aufbewahren zusammengelegt ist und zum Benutzen aufgestellt/aufgefaltet werden muss".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Faltkarton, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Faltkarton, spelled F-A-L-T-K-A-R-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Schachtel aus Pappe, die zum Aufbewahren zusammengelegt ist und zum Benutzen aufgestellt/aufgefaltet werden muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Faltkarton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn ich ein Paket mit der Post verschicken will, besorge ich mir einen Faltkarton.
Faltkartons kann man gut mit zugfesten Klebeband verschließen.
Synonyms
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.