Kartographie
[kaʁtoɡʁaˈfiː]
The verdict
“Kartographie” is uncommon German (frequency #56,261 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,261
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fachgebiet der Verarbeitung von Geoinformationen und deren Darstellung und Kommunizierung in Landkarten und Seekarten
Corpus desk
Index DE-kartographie · Kartographie · German
Kartographie · rank #56,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,261
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalif
Nearest frequency peer: Kalif (-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 „Kartographie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kaisertum
Kaisertum
43,744 corpus weight
- Kalaschnikow
Kalaschnikow
43,743 corpus weight
- Kalenderwoc…
Kalenderwoche
43,742 corpus weight
- Kalif
Kalif
43,741 corpus weight
- Kartographie
Kartographie
43,740 corpus weight
- Kilowattstu…
Kilowattstunde
43,737 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kartographie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kartographie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁtoɡʁaˈfiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kartographie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kartographie is uncommon German at frequency #56,261 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁtoɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fachgebiet der Verarbeitung von Geoinformationen und deren Darstellung und Kommunizierung in Landkarten und Seekarten".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kartographie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kartographie, spelled K-A-R-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Fachgebiet der Verarbeitung von Geoinformationen und deren Darstellung und Kommunizierung in Landkarten und Seekarten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kartographie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Geschichte der Kartographie in der westlichen Welt, so wie sie üblicherweise gelehrt wird, stützt diese Vorstellung: Danach gab es einen steten Fortschritt von groben mittelalterlichen Weltbildern bis hin zu Darstellungen mit dem heutigen Genauigkeitsstandard.
Nach dem vorgeblich gesicherten Stand der Wissenschaft ist der Beginn der Kartographie, von unbedeutenden Vorversuchen abgesehen, in den altägyptischen und babylonischen Hochkulturen zu lokalisieren.
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); 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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