Kanake
[kaˈnaːkə]
The verdict
“Kanake” is uncommon German (frequency #87,910 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,910
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewohner der Südseeinseln (vornehmlich Neukaledoniens)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kanake · Kanake · German
Kanake · rank #87,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,910
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kampfstoffe
Nearest frequency peer: Kampfstoffe (-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 „Kanake“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Kaufverträge
Kaufverträge
12,087 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kanake“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kanake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈnaːkə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kanake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kanake is uncommon German at frequency #87,910 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈnaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kanake in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kanake, spelled K-A-N-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Bewohner der Südseeinseln (vornehmlich Neukaledoniens)
- 2Schimpfwort für südländische Ausländer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kanake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Kanaken pflegen in ihren Stämmen weiterhin ihre eigenen Sprachen und Gebräuche.
„In Honolulu, ja sogar im ganzen Königreich Hawaii, gibt es keinen regulären Mietsstall; wenn man also keine reichen Einwohner kennt (die alle gute Pferde besitzen), muß man sich von den Kanaken (das heißt den Eingeborenen) die erbärmlichsten Klepper leihen.“
Synonyms
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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