Kampfmittel
[ˈkamp͡fˌmɪtl̩]
The verdict
“Kampfmittel” is uncommon German (frequency #87,908 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,908
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Material, das zum bewaffneten Kampf benötigt wird, insbesondere Munition
Corpus desk
Index DE-kampfmittel · Kampfmittel · German
Kampfmittel · rank #87,908 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,908
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaltwasser
Nearest frequency peer: Kaltwasser (-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 „Kampfmittel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kalifornier
Kalifornier
12,096 corpus weight
- Kaltwasser
Kaltwasser
12,094 corpus weight
- Kampfmittel
Kampfmittel
12,093 corpus weight
- Kampfstoffe
Kampfstoffe
12,092 corpus weight
- Kanake
Kanake
12,091 corpus weight
- Kantenlänge
Kantenlänge
12,090 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kampfmittel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kampfmittel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkamp͡fˌmɪtl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kampfmittel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kampfmittel is uncommon German at frequency #87,908 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkamp͡fˌmɪtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kampfmittel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Kampfmittel, spelled K-A-M-P-F-M-I-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Material, das zum bewaffneten Kampf benötigt wird, insbesondere Munition
- 2taktisches Mittel in einer (politischen) Auseinandersetzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kampfmittel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Boden des ehemaligen Truppenübungsplatzes ist mit Kampfmitteln verseucht.
Der Streik ist ein politisches Kampfmittel der Gewerkschaften.
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); 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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