Kanonier
[kanoˈniːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Kanonier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldat, der eine Kanone bedient
Corpus desk
Index DE-kanonier · Kanonier · German
Kanonier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Kanonier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kanoˈniːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kanonier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kanonier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kanoˈniːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kanonier, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kanonier, spelled K-A-N-O-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soldat, der eine Kanone bedient
- 2unterster Dienstgrad in der Artillerietruppe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kanonier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sigismund Ludwig Borkheim - Vom königlich-preußischen Kanonier zum Russland-Experten an der Seiten von Marx und Engels.“
„Eine ovale Photographie erklärte, daß es einmal einen jungen Kanonier Jepsen gegeben hatte, der neben einer leichten Haubitze kniete wie vor einem Altar, derselbe Kanonier trug in Galizien einen Mantel und sang mit anderen Kanonieren einen Weihnachtsbaum an.“
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.