Kardinalfrage
[kaʁdiˈnaːlˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Kardinalfrage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grundlegende Frage, durch deren Beantwortung sich ein Sachverhalt entscheiden oder in einer wesentlichen Haupteigenschaft bestimmen lässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kardinalfrage · Kardinalfrage · German
Kardinalfrage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Kardinalfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁdiˈnaːlˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kardinalfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kardinalfrage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁdiˈnaːlˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grundlegende Frage, durch deren Beantwortung sich ein Sachverhalt entscheiden oder in einer wesentlichen Haupteigenschaft bestimmen lässt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kardinalfrage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Kardinalfrage, spelled K-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1grundlegende Frage, durch deren Beantwortung sich ein Sachverhalt entscheiden oder in einer wesentlichen Haupteigenschaft bestimmen lässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kardinalfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die sich in diesem Zusammenhang stellende Kardinalfrage hat der EGMR jedoch leider nicht beantwortet.“
„Smiths Kardinalfrage ließ sich immer noch nicht beantworten.“
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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.