kantige

[ˈkantɪɡə]

/[ˈkantɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“kantige” is uncommon German (frequency #67,376 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,376
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig

Corpus desk

Index DE-kantige · kantige · German

kantige · rank #67,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,376
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kano

Nearest frequency peer: Kano (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kantige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kantige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kantige
PropertyValue
Headwordkantige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkantɪɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,376
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kantige“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kantigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kano“ (#67,375), „kapitalistisch“ (#67,377), „kanalisieren“ (#67,374). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kantige“ bei #67,376. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kantige is uncommon German at frequency #67,376 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkantɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kantige, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kantige, spelled K-A-N-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kantige"?
"kantige" is spelled K-A-N-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkantɪɡə].
What does "kantige" mean?
As an adjective, "kantige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kantig
How do you pronounce "kantige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kantige" is [ˈkantɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kantige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kantige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kentern#67,381jubelnd#67,366inverse#67,360Kohorte#67,396

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list