Kaffeepause

[ˈkafeˌpaʊ̯zə]

/[ˈkafeˌpaʊ̯zə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kaffeepause” is uncommon German (frequency #50,615 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,615
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurze Pause, um Kaffee oder Ähnliches zu trinken

Corpus desk

Index DE-kaffeepause · Kaffeepause · German

Kaffeepause · rank #50,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,615
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kaiserlich

Nearest frequency peer: kaiserlich (+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 „Kaffeepause“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kaffeepause“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kaffeepause
PropertyValue
HeadwordKaffeepause
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkafeˌpaʊ̯zə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,615
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaffeepause“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kaffeepausefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kaiserlich“ (#50,616), „journalistischer“ (#50,613), „Kannen“ (#50,617). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kaffeepause“ bei #50,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kaffeepause is uncommon German at frequency #50,615 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkafeˌpaʊ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurze Pause, um Kaffee oder Ähnliches zu trinken".

Kaffeepause has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kaffeepause, spelled K-A-F-F-E-E-P-A-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurze Pause, um Kaffee oder Ähnliches zu trinken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kaffeepause appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Erst um 14:30 Uhr findet die Kaffeepause statt.
  2. Er nutzt die Kaffeepause, um schnell zum Kiosk zu gehen und Zeitungen zu kaufen.

This word in other languages

pause café(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kaffeepause"?
"Kaffeepause" is spelled K-A-F-F-E-E-P-A-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkafeˌpaʊ̯zə].
What does "Kaffeepause" mean?
As a noun, "Kaffeepause" means: kurze Pause, um Kaffee oder Ähnliches zu trinken
How do you pronounce "Kaffeepause"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kaffeepause" is [ˈkafeˌpaʊ̯zə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kaffeepause", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Irreführung#50,608Inkarnation#50,602Impfpflicht#50,597konkurriert#50,637

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list