Kahlenberg
[ˈkaːlənˌbɛʁk]
The verdict
“Kahlenberg” is uncommon German (frequency #84,165 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,165
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fast immer Singular:Name mehrerer Berge
Corpus desk
Index DE-kahlenberg · Kahlenberg · German
Kahlenberg · rank #84,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,165
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kampfhund
Nearest frequency peer: Kampfhund (+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 „Kahlenberg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kabellos
kabellos
15,839 corpus weight
- Kabinettssi…
Kabinettssitzung
15,838 corpus weight
- Kahlenberg
Kahlenberg
15,836 corpus weight
- Kampfhund
Kampfhund
15,835 corpus weight
- Kampfszenen
Kampfszenen
15,834 corpus weight
- Karner
Karner
15,833 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kahlenberg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kahlenberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːlənˌbɛʁk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kahlenberg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kahlenberg is uncommon German at frequency #84,165 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkaːlənˌbɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fast immer Singular:Name mehrerer Berge".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kahlenberg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kahlenberg, spelled K-A-H-L-E-N-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1fast immer Singular:Name mehrerer Berge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kahlenberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Mülheimer Bismarckturm ist einer der letzten öffentlichen Aussichtstürme im Ruhrtal. 1909 wurde er zu Ehren des Reichskanzlers Otto von Bismarck auf dem Kahlenberg südlich des Stadtzentrums errichtet.“
„Auf der höchsten Erhebung im unteren Bliestal, dem rund 400 Meter hohen Kahlenberg, wurde im Jahre 1893 der Alexanderturm fertig gestellt.“
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.
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