Karaffe
[kaˈʁafə]
The verdict
“Karaffe” is uncommon German (frequency #93,133 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,133
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschliffener Glas- oder Kristallbehälter für Getränke, der oftmals eine bauchige Form und einen Verschluss hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-karaffe · Karaffe · German
Karaffe · rank #93,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,133
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Karenzzeit
Nearest frequency peer: Karenzzeit (+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 „Karaffe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kampala
Kampala
6,871 corpus weight
- Kampftag
Kampftag
6,870 corpus weight
- Karaffe
Karaffe
6,868 corpus weight
- Karenzzeit
Karenzzeit
6,867 corpus weight
- Karlshafen
Karlshafen
6,866 corpus weight
- Kaufinteres…
Kaufinteressenten
6,865 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Karaffe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karaffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈʁafə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karaffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karaffe is uncommon German at frequency #93,133 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈʁafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschliffener Glas- oder Kristallbehälter für Getränke, der oftmals eine bauchige Form und einen Verschluss hat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Karaffe, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Karaffe, spelled K-A-R-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1geschliffener Glas- oder Kristallbehälter für Getränke, der oftmals eine bauchige Form und einen Verschluss hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Karaffe ist ein Bestandteil der Trinkkultur.
„Nikolai bestellte eine Karaffe roten Landwein.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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