Kasematte
[kazəˈmatə]
The verdict
“Kasematte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein schusssicherer Bunkerraum innerhalb eines Festungsraumes oder vollkommen freistehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kasematte · Kasematte · German
Kasematte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Kasematte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kazəˈmatə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kasematte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kasematte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kazəˈmatə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kasematte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kasematte, spelled K-A-S-E-M-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1ein schusssicherer Bunkerraum innerhalb eines Festungsraumes oder vollkommen freistehend
- 2durch Panzerwände gesicherter Raum zur Aufstellung von Geschützen in einem Kriegsschiff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kasematte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Friedenszeiten dienten die Kasematten oft als Gefängnis.
„Beim Verlassen einer Kasematte geriet ihre Frisur etwas in Unordnung, und sie bat mich, sie ihr wieder zu richten; dabei senkte sie den Kopf, und nun konnte ich nichts mehr verbergen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.