Kante
German, noun/ˈkantə/
Kante is spelled K-A-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kante is a German feminine noun meaning “edge (sharp boundary line), border” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “scharfer Rand, daher auch der Besatz an Stoffen, Kleidern”.
What does Kante mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineedge (sharp boundary line), border
- 2
feminineledge, rim, brink
- 3
feminineedge
- 4
Switzerlandfemininetram platform
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. scharfer Rand, daher auch der Besatz an Stoffen, Kleidern 2. Wasserkante (niederdeutsch: Waterkant), also die Küste 3. die Schnittlinie zweier Flächen 4. das Endstück des Brots
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kante
- Kanten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kante?
- /ˈkantə/
- [ˈkʰantə]
- [ˈkantə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kante in German?
Kante appears 5.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).