kalte Waffe
[ˌkaltə ˈvafə]
The verdict
“kalte Waffe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Waffe, die ihre Wirkung durch den direkten Einsatz von Muskelkraft entfaltet, ohne dabei auf Hilfsmittel wie Schießpulver oder Ähnliches angewiesen zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalte-waffe · kalte Waffe · German
kalte Waffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kalte Waffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌkaltə ˈvafə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kalte Waffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kalte Waffe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌkaltə ˈvafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Waffe, die ihre Wirkung durch den direkten Einsatz von Muskelkraft entfaltet, ohne dabei auf Hilfsmittel wie Schießpulver oder Ähnliches angewiesen zu sein".
kalte Waffe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kalte Waffe, spelled K-A-L-T-E- -W-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Waffe, die ihre Wirkung durch den direkten Einsatz von Muskelkraft entfaltet, ohne dabei auf Hilfsmittel wie Schießpulver oder Ähnliches angewiesen zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kalte Waffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zielperson ist im Einsatz kalter Waffen geübt, z. B. Messer und Werkzeuge.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.