Kaaba
[ˈkaʔabaː]
The verdict
“Kaaba” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größtes Heiligtum des Islam
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaaba · Kaaba · German
Kaaba · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kaaba |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʔabaː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaaba“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kaaba is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkaʔabaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größtes Heiligtum des Islam".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kaaba, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kaaba, spelled K-A-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1größtes Heiligtum des Islam
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaaba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kaaba steht in Mekka und muss bei jedem Besuch gegen den Uhrzeigersinn sieben Mal umrundet werden.
Der schwarze Stein in der Kaaba soll ein Meteorit sein und wird im Islam als Baustein der Ur-Kaaba gesehen, die Adam als erstes Gotteshaus errichtet worden sein soll.
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.