Kardinälen

[ˌkaʁdiˈnɛːlən]

/[ˌkaʁdiˈnɛːlən]/ noun

The verdict

“Kardinälen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,177 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,177
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kardinal

Corpus desk

Index DE-kardinalen · Kardinälen · German

Kardinälen · rank #78,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,177
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kanonische

Nearest frequency peer: kanonische (-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 „Kardinälen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kardinälen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kardinälen
PropertyValue
HeadwordKardinälen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌkaʁdiˈnɛːlən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,177
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kardinälen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kardinälenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kanonische“ (#78,176), „Kartenspielen“ (#78,178), „Kampfkünste“ (#78,175). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kardinälen“ bei #78,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kardinälen is uncommon German at frequency #78,177 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkaʁdiˈnɛːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kardinal".

No misspelling variants are generated for Kardinälen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Kardinälen, spelled K-A-R-D-I-N-Ä-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kardinal

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kardinälen"?
"Kardinälen" is spelled K-A-R-D-I-N-Ä-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌkaʁdiˈnɛːlən].
What does "Kardinälen" mean?
As a noun, "Kardinälen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kardinal
How do you pronounce "Kardinälen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kardinälen" is [ˌkaʁdiˈnɛːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kardinälen" come from?
"Kardinälen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kardinälen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list