Filterkaffee
[ˈfɪltɐˌkafeː]
The verdict
“Filterkaffee” is uncommon German (frequency #79,155 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,155
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zubereitungsform des Kaffees, bei der Kaffeepulver in einem Papierfilter mit heißem Wasser überbrüht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-filterkaffee · Filterkaffee · German
Filterkaffee · rank #79,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,155
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Ficus
Nearest frequency peer: Ficus (-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 „Filterkaffee“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- festhalte
festhalte
20,849 corpus weight
- Feuerprobe
Feuerprobe
20,848 corpus weight
- Ficus
Ficus
20,847 corpus weight
- Filterkaffee
Filterkaffee
20,846 corpus weight
- Fischbrötch…
Fischbrötchen
20,845 corpus weight
- Fischotter
Fischotter
20,844 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Filterkaffee“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Filterkaffee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪltɐˌkafeː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Filterkaffee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Filterkaffee is uncommon German at frequency #79,155 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪltɐˌkafeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zubereitungsform des Kaffees, bei der Kaffeepulver in einem Papierfilter mit heißem Wasser überbrüht wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Filterkaffee in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Filterkaffee, spelled F-I-L-T-E-R-K-A-F-F-E-E.
Definition
- 1Zubereitungsform des Kaffees, bei der Kaffeepulver in einem Papierfilter mit heißem Wasser überbrüht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Filterkaffee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trotz der steigenden Beliebtheit von Cappuccino, Espresso & Co. ist der gute, alte Filterkaffee nach wie vor der meistgetrunkene Kaffee in Deutschland.
„Seit ich denken kann, trinkt er Filterkaffee mit Kondensmilch und Zucker.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).