Kajüte

[kaˈjyːtə]

/[kaˈjyːtə]/ noun

The verdict

“Kajüte” is uncommon German (frequency #69,400 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,400
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Raum auf Schiffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kajute · Kajüte · German

Kajüte · rank #69,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,400
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kais

Nearest frequency peer: Kais (-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 „Kajüte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kajüte
PropertyValue
HeadwordKajüte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈjyːtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#69,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kajüte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kais“ (#69,399), „kall“ (#69,401), „Kachelofen“ (#69,398). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kajüte“ bei #69,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kajüte is uncommon German at frequency #69,400 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈjyːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Raum auf Schiffen".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kajüte in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kajüte, spelled K-A-J-Ü-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Raum auf Schiffen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Meine Kajüte war sehr eng, daher verbrachte ich die meiste Zeit der Reise an Deck.
  2. „Am nächsten Tag führte er mich in einen Kleiderladen, und ich wurde wie ein Matrose aufgetakelt, dann wurde ich in der Kajüte untergebracht, wo ich meine Arbeit auf die übliche Weise beginnen sollte.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Kajüte"?
"Kajüte" is spelled K-A-J-Ü-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈjyːtə].
What does "Kajüte" mean?
As a noun, "Kajüte" means: kleiner Raum auf Schiffen
How do you pronounce "Kajüte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kajüte" is [kaˈjyːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kajüte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list