Kartoffelnase
[kaʁˈtɔfl̩ˌnaːzə]
The verdict
“Kartoffelnase” 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) - eine dicke, große Nase
Corpus desk
Index DE-kartoffelnase · Kartoffelnase · German
Kartoffelnase · 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 | Kartoffelnase |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈtɔfl̩ˌnaːzə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kartoffelnase“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kartoffelnase is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁˈtɔfl̩ˌnaːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine dicke, große Nase".
Kartoffelnase has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kartoffelnase, spelled K-A-R-T-O-F-F-E-L-N-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1eine dicke, große Nase
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kartoffelnase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er sorgte für uns und hatte uns gern ... heute sehe ich noch sein wie mit dem Hammer breitgeschlagenes Gesicht mit der dicken Kartoffelnase, mit dem breiten, gutmütigen, gedehnten Mund ...“
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.