Karwendel
[kaʁˈvɛndl̩]
The verdict
“Karwendel” is uncommon German (frequency #82,938 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,938
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebirgsgruppe der Nördlichen Kalkalpen, die in Tirol und Bayern liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-karwendel · Karwendel · German
Karwendel · rank #82,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,938
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kaukasischen
Nearest frequency peer: kaukasischen (+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 „Karwendel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kaps
Kaps
17,067 corpus weight
- Kapuzenpull…
Kapuzenpullover
17,066 corpus weight
- Karachi
Karachi
17,065 corpus weight
- Karwendel
Karwendel
17,063 corpus weight
- kaukasischen
kaukasischen
17,062 corpus weight
- Kelche
Kelche
17,059 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Karwendel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karwendel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈvɛndl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karwendel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karwendel is uncommon German at frequency #82,938 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kaʁˈvɛndl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebirgsgruppe der Nördlichen Kalkalpen, die in Tirol und Bayern liegt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Karwendel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Karwendel, spelled K-A-R-W-E-N-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gebirgsgruppe der Nördlichen Kalkalpen, die in Tirol und Bayern liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Karwendel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der höchste Berg des Karwendels ist die Birkkarspitze.:[1] „Im Januar galt in Regionen des Karwendels die zweithöchste Lawinenwarnstufe.“
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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