Kanonenkugel
[kaˈnoːnənˌkuːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Kanonenkugel” 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) - kugelförmiges Geschoss von Kanonen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kanonenkugel · Kanonenkugel · German
Kanonenkugel · 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 | Kanonenkugel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈnoːnənˌkuːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kanonenkugel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kanonenkugel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈnoːnənˌkuːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kugelförmiges Geschoss von Kanonen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kanonenkugel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kanonenkugel, spelled K-A-N-O-N-E-N-K-U-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1kugelförmiges Geschoss von Kanonen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kanonenkugel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kanonen konnten nicht nur Kanonenkugeln schießen, sondern auch sämtliche anderen Gegenstände.
„Proviant für zwei Monate lagert unter Deck, neben 174 Kanonen und 82000 Kanonenkugeln.“
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.