Karnataka
[kaʁˈnaːtaka]
The verdict
“Karnataka” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indischer Bundesstaat im Süden Indiens
Corpus desk
Index DE-karnataka · Karnataka · German
Karnataka · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Karnataka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈnaːtaka] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karnataka“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karnataka is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kaʁˈnaːtaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indischer Bundesstaat im Süden Indiens".
No misspelling variants are generated for Karnataka in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Karnataka, spelled K-A-R-N-A-T-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1indischer Bundesstaat im Süden Indiens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karnataka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bengaluru ist die Hauptstadt von Karnataka.
„Pulakeshin wiederum maß seine Kräfte mit den Pallava-Königen Mahendravarman und Narasimhavarman, deren Hauptstadt Kanchipuram in der Nähe von Madras lag, etwa 600 km südöstlich von Pulakeshins Hauptstadt Badami, das im heutigen Karnataka liegt.“
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.