Käfige

[ˈkɛːfɪɡə]

/[ˈkɛːfɪɡə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Käfige” is uncommon German (frequency #58,040 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,040
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Käfig

Corpus desk

Index DE-kafige · Käfige · German

Käfige · rank #58,040 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,040
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kämpfende

Nearest frequency peer: kämpfende (+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 „Käfige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Käfige
PropertyValue
HeadwordKäfige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɛːfɪɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,040
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Käfige“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Käfigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kämpfende“ (#58,041), „Kultusministerkonferenz“ (#58,038), „Körben“ (#58,042). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Käfige“ bei #58,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Käfige is uncommon German at frequency #58,040 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛːfɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Käfige, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Käfige, spelled K-Ä-F-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Käfig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Käfig
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Käfig

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 "Käfige"?
"Käfige" is spelled K-Ä-F-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛːfɪɡə].
What does "Käfige" mean?
As a noun, "Käfige" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Käfig
How do you pronounce "Käfige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Käfige" is [ˈkɛːfɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Käfige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Körben#58,042kommet#58,021Kimono#58,009malten#58,075

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list