Karst

[kaʁst]

/[kaʁst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Karst” is uncommon German (frequency #70,441 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,441
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesteinsformationen, die durch Lösung und Ausfällung des Gesteins durch Wasser geschaffen werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-karst · Karst · German

Karst · rank #70,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,441
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH karierte

Nearest frequency peer: karierte (-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 „Karst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Karst
PropertyValue
HeadwordKarst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaʁst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Karst“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Karstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „karierte“ (#70,440), „Kartoffelsuppe“ (#70,442), „Kappeln“ (#70,439). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Karst“ bei #70,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Karst is uncommon German at frequency #70,441 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Karst, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Karst, spelled K-A-R-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesteinsformationen, die durch Lösung und Ausfällung des Gesteins durch Wasser geschaffen werden
  2. 2
    Hacke mit zwei, drei oder mehr Zinken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Karst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Karst kommt in Deutschland unter anderem auf der Schwäbischen Alb vor.
  2. Er hackt die Kartoffeln mit dem Karst.

This word in other languages

karst(English)

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 "Karst"?
"Karst" is spelled K-A-R-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kaʁst].
What does "Karst" mean?
As a noun, "Karst" means: Gesteinsformationen, die durch Lösung und Ausfällung des Gesteins durch Wasser geschaffen werden
How do you pronounce "Karst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Karst" is [kaʁst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Karst" come from?
"Karst" 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 "Karst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Juist#70,431hijab#70,383kürte#70,502liked#70,521

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list