Kammgarn
[ˈkamˌɡaʁn]
The verdict
“Kammgarn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feines Garn aus gekämmter tierischer Wolle
Corpus desk
Index DE-kammgarn · Kammgarn · German
Kammgarn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Kammgarn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkamˌɡaʁn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kammgarn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kammgarn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkamˌɡaʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feines Garn aus gekämmter tierischer Wolle".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kammgarn in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Kammgarn, spelled K-A-M-M-G-A-R-N.
Definition
- 1feines Garn aus gekämmter tierischer Wolle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kammgarn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Entschieden länger als beim Streichgarn hielt sich beim Kammgarn das Spinnen von Hand, bis auch hier das Maschinengarn seit den 1830er Jahren den Markt eroberte.“
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.