Folterkammer
[ˈfɔltɐˌkamɐ]
The verdict
“Folterkammer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raum, in dem Personen mit Folterinstrumenten gefoltert wurden
Corpus desk
Index DE-folterkammer · Folterkammer · German
Folterkammer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Folterkammer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔltɐˌkamɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Folterkammer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Folterkammer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔltɐˌkamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raum, in dem Personen mit Folterinstrumenten gefoltert wurden".
Folterkammer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Folterkammer, spelled F-O-L-T-E-R-K-A-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Raum, in dem Personen mit Folterinstrumenten gefoltert wurden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Folterkammer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gegner der Folter wollten natürlich deren Grausamkeit möglichst eindringlich vor Augen führen. Die Folterungen erfolgten aber ausnahmslos nicht öffentlich, sondern im Dunkel der Folterkammern.“
„Was dem Szenario in den Folterkammern vorausgegangen war, entpuppte sich coram publico als unbeschreibliche Grausamkeitswollust.“
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.