Kannada
[ˈkanada]
The verdict
“Kannada” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine dravidische Sprache, die vor allem in Karnataka in Südindien gesprochen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-kannada · Kannada · German
Kannada · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Kannada |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkanada] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kannada“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kannada is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkanada]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine dravidische Sprache, die vor allem in Karnataka in Südindien gesprochen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kannada, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Kannada, spelled K-A-N-N-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1eine dravidische Sprache, die vor allem in Karnataka in Südindien gesprochen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kannada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach Anzahl der Sprecher steht Kannada an achter Stelle der Sprachen Indiens.
„Wie viele indische Sprachen verfügt Kannada über eine eigene Schrift, die Kannada-Schrift.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.