Kabelfernsehen

/[ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən]/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,134

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Kabelfernsehen is aGermannoun. It means: Übertragung von Bild- und Tonsignale für das Fernsehprogramm über ein Koaxialkabel (Breitbandkabel) Pronounced [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən].

Key facts for Kabelfernsehen
PropertyValue
HeadwordKabelfernsehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#57,134
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kabelfernsehen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kabelfernsehen is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,134 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Kabelfernsehen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kabelfernsehen, spelled K-A-B-E-L-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Übertragung von Bild- und Tonsignale für das Fernsehprogramm über ein Koaxialkabel (Breitbandkabel)
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit der Sender und Sendungen, die über ein Koaxialkabel übertragen werden

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Frequency rank: #57,134 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kabelfernsehen"?
"Kabelfernsehen" is spelled K-A-B-E-L-F-E-R-N-S-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən].
What does "Kabelfernsehen" mean?
As a noun, "Kabelfernsehen" means: Übertragung von Bild- und Tonsignale für das Fernsehprogramm über ein Koaxialkabel (Breitbandkabel)
How do you pronounce "Kabelfernsehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kabelfernsehen" is [ˈkaːbl̩ˌfɛʁnzeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kabelfernsehen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.