Karsee
[ˈkaːɐ̯ˌzeː]
The verdict
“Karsee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - stehendes Gewässer, das sich in einem Kar (kesselförmige Eintiefung an einem Berghang mit flachem Boden und steilen Rückwänden) gebildet hat.
Corpus desk
Index DE-karsee · Karsee · German
Karsee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Karsee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːɐ̯ˌzeː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karsee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karsee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːɐ̯ˌzeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stehendes Gewässer, das sich in einem Kar (kesselförmige Eintiefung an einem Berghang mit flachem Boden und steilen Rückwänden) gebildet hat.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Karsee, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Karsee, spelled K-A-R-S-E-E.
Definition
- 1stehendes Gewässer, das sich in einem Kar (kesselförmige Eintiefung an einem Berghang mit flachem Boden und steilen Rückwänden) gebildet hat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Karsee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Mummelsee ist ein Karsee, dem der Dichter Grimmelshausen in seinem Roman Simplizissimus ein literarisches Denkmal gesetzt hat.
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.