Kaper
[ˈkaːpɐ]
The verdict
“Kaper” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Salzlake eingelegte Knospe des Kapernstrauchs
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaper · Kaper · German
Kaper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Kaper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːpɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kaper“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kaper is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːpɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Salzlake eingelegte Knospe des Kapernstrauchs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kaper, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Kaper, spelled K-A-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1in Salzlake eingelegte Knospe des Kapernstrauchs
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kaper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Königsberger Klopsen gehört eine Soße mit Kapern.
„Als er die Pistazien und Kapern zerhackte, schlug er plötzlich mit dem Messer auf das Brett wie ein Wahnsinniger.“
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.