kaputttreten
[kaˈpʊtˌtʁeːtn̩]
The verdict
“kaputttreten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Tritt, durch (andauerndes) (Darauf-)Treten zerstören
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaputttreten · kaputttreten · German
kaputttreten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | kaputttreten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈpʊtˌtʁeːtn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kaputttreten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kaputttreten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kaˈpʊtˌtʁeːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Tritt, durch (andauerndes) (Darauf-)Treten zerstören".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kaputttreten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kaputttreten, spelled K-A-P-U-T-T-T-R-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Tritt, durch (andauerndes) (Darauf-)Treten zerstören
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kaputttreten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Es kommt vor, dass man sich beim Laufen die Innensohle kaputttreten kann. Dass sie aus dem Schuh herauskommt, habe ich noch nie gesehen‘, sagte [der Renndirektor des Berlin-Marathons] Mark Milde.“
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.