Kappa
German, noun/ˈkapa/
Kappa is spelled K-A-P-P-A (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kappa is a German neuter noun meaning “kappa (Greek letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zehnter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets”.
What does Kappa mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterkappa (Greek letter)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalclipping of Kapazität
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zehnter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
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 Kappa
- Kappas genitive
- Κ symbol uppercase
- κ symbol lowercase
- ϰ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kappa?
- /ˈkapa/
- [ˈkapa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kappa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kappa in German?
Kappa appears 1.9 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).