kaltmachen
[ˈkaltˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“kaltmachen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Vorbehalte gewaltsam ums Leben bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaltmachen · kaltmachen · German
kaltmachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | kaltmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkaltˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kaltmachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kaltmachen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkaltˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Vorbehalte gewaltsam ums Leben bringen".
kaltmachen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kaltmachen, spelled K-A-L-T-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ohne Vorbehalte gewaltsam ums Leben bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kaltmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während Putin nach einem klassischen Ausspruch aus dem Jahr 1999 Terroristen »bis auf die Toilette« kaltmachen wollte, prägte sich aus Medwedjews Reden zuerst der Satz »Freiheit ist besser als Unfreiheit« ein.“
„Zum Glück war er davon überzeugt, dass wir keine feindlichen Absichten hegen, denn sonst hätte er uns sicher kaltgemacht.“
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.