karden
[ˈkaʁdn̩]
The verdict
“karden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rohfasern mit der Karde (mit der Kardiermaschine, ursprünglich aber mit dem getrockneten Blütenstand der Karden- oder Weberdistel) so bearbeiten, dass die Fasern parallel ausgerichtet werden, um si...
Corpus desk
Index DE-karden · karden · German
karden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | karden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkaʁdn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „karden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
karden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkaʁdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rohfasern mit der Karde (mit der Kardiermaschine, ursprünglich aber mit dem getrockneten Blütenstand der Karden- oder Weberdistel) so bearbeiten, dass die Fasern parallel ausgerichtet werden, um si...".
No misspelling variants are generated for karden in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 karden, spelled K-A-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Rohfasern mit der Karde (mit der Kardiermaschine, ursprünglich aber mit dem getrockneten Blütenstand der Karden- oder Weberdistel) so bearbeiten, dass die Fasern parallel ausgerichtet werden, um sie anschließend spinnen oder filzen zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how karden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Baumwolle muss gekardet werden, damit das Tuch schön glatt wird.
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.