Kalenderwoche

[kaˈlɛndɐˌvɔxə]

/[kaˈlɛndɐˌvɔxə]/ noun

The verdict

“Kalenderwoche” is uncommon German (frequency #56,259 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,259
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Woche, beginnend mit Montag. Die Kalenderwochen werden dabei jedes Jahr durchnummeriert, Kalenderwoche 1 ist Anfang Januar.

Corpus desk

Index DE-kalenderwoche · Kalenderwoche · German

Kalenderwoche · rank #56,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,259
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kalaschnikow

Nearest frequency peer: Kalaschnikow (-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 „Kalenderwoche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kalenderwoche
PropertyValue
HeadwordKalenderwoche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈlɛndɐˌvɔxə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,259
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kalenderwoche“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kalaschnikow“ (#56,258), „Kalif“ (#56,260), „Kaisertum“ (#56,257). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kalenderwoche“ bei #56,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kalenderwoche is uncommon German at frequency #56,259 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlɛndɐˌvɔxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Woche, beginnend mit Montag. Die Kalenderwochen werden dabei jedes Jahr durchnummeriert, Kalenderwoche 1 ist Anfang Januar.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Kalenderwoche in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kalenderwoche, spelled K-A-L-E-N-D-E-R-W-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Woche, beginnend mit Montag. Die Kalenderwochen werden dabei jedes Jahr durchnummeriert, Kalenderwoche 1 ist Anfang Januar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die nächste Lieferung trifft in Kalenderwoche 16 ein.
  2. Die erste Kalenderwoche ist jene Woche, in der der erste Donnerstag des Jahres liegt.

Synonyms

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 "Kalenderwoche"?
"Kalenderwoche" is spelled K-A-L-E-N-D-E-R-W-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈlɛndɐˌvɔxə].
What does "Kalenderwoche" mean?
As a noun, "Kalenderwoche" means: eine Woche, beginnend mit Montag. Die Kalenderwochen werden dabei jedes Jahr durchnummeriert, Kalenderwoche 1 ist Anfang Januar.
How do you pronounce "Kalenderwoche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kalenderwoche" is [kaˈlɛndɐˌvɔxə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kalenderwoche" come from?
"Kalenderwoche" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list