Kaminfeuer
[kaˈmiːnˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Kaminfeuer” is uncommon German (frequency #76,947 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,947
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flammenbildung bei der Verbrennung unter Abgabe von Wärme und Licht in einer Feuerstelle in einem Wohnraum
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaminfeuer · Kaminfeuer · German
Kaminfeuer · rank #76,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,947
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kami
Nearest frequency peer: kami (-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 „Kaminfeuer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kalibriert
kalibriert
23,057 corpus weight
- kalkulierten
kalkulierten
23,056 corpus weight
- kami
kami
23,055 corpus weight
- Kaminfeuer
Kaminfeuer
23,054 corpus weight
- kanalisiert
kanalisiert
23,053 corpus weight
- Kandahar
Kandahar
23,052 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kaminfeuer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kaminfeuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈmiːnˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaminfeuer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kaminfeuer is uncommon German at frequency #76,947 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈmiːnˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flammenbildung bei der Verbrennung unter Abgabe von Wärme und Licht in einer Feuerstelle in einem Wohnraum".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kaminfeuer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Kaminfeuer, spelled K-A-M-I-N-F-E-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Flammenbildung bei der Verbrennung unter Abgabe von Wärme und Licht in einer Feuerstelle in einem Wohnraum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaminfeuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich sitze gerne vor dem Kaminfeuer.
„Rotwein wird gereicht, das Kaminfeuer brennt; beim Anekdotenerzählen klingt Gelächter auf.“
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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