Kaninchenbau
[kaˈniːnçənˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Kaninchenbau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Bau eines Kaninchens
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaninchenbau · Kaninchenbau · German
Kaninchenbau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Kaninchenbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈniːnçənˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaninchenbau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kaninchenbau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈniːnçənˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Bau eines Kaninchens".
Kaninchenbau has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Kaninchenbau, spelled K-A-N-I-N-C-H-E-N-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1der Bau eines Kaninchens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaninchenbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hinten im Garten ist ein Kaninchenbau.
„Die Geschichte ist ein Klassiker: Die kleine Alice fällt in einen Kaninchenbau und findet einen Durchgang in eine ebenso surrealistische wie komische Welt.“
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.