Karner
[ˈkaʁnɐ]
The verdict
“Karner” is uncommon German (frequency #84,168 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,168
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Beinhaus, das um eine Totenkapelle erweitert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-karner · Karner · German
Karner · rank #84,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,168
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kampfszenen
Nearest frequency peer: Kampfszenen (-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 „Karner“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kahlenberg
Kahlenberg
15,836 corpus weight
- Kampfhund
Kampfhund
15,835 corpus weight
- Kampfszenen
Kampfszenen
15,834 corpus weight
- Karner
Karner
15,833 corpus weight
- Karnevalsum…
Karnevalsumzug
15,832 corpus weight
- Kassensturz
Kassensturz
15,831 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Karner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaʁnɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karner is uncommon German at frequency #84,168 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaʁnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Karner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Karner, spelled K-A-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Beinhaus, das um eine Totenkapelle erweitert ist
- 2Kammer zum Räuchern oder zur Aufbewahrung von Fleisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mitunter ist ein Beinhaus doppelgeschossig ausgeführt und um eine Totenkapelle erweitert und wird dann Karner genannt.“
„Es gibt Karner 1. als Anbauten von Kirchen, 2. als verschlossene Räume oder Nischen am Kircheneingang, in einer Vorhalle oder unter dem Chor, 3. freistehende Karner auf quadratischem, rundem oder polygonalem Grundriß.“
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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