Kastanie

[kasˈtaːni̯ə]

/[kasˈtaːni̯ə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kastanie” is uncommon German (frequency #54,649 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,649
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laubbaum aus der Familie der Buchengewächse

Corpus desk

Index DE-kastanie · Kastanie · German

Kastanie · rank #54,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,649
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kategorisiert

Nearest frequency peer: kategorisiert (+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 „Kastanie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kastanie
PropertyValue
HeadwordKastanie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kasˈtaːni̯ə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,649
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kastanie“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kategorisiert“ (#54,650), „Kennzeichnungspflicht“ (#54,651), „Kab“ (#54,646). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kastanie“ bei #54,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kastanie is uncommon German at frequency #54,649 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kasˈtaːni̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kastanie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kastanie, spelled K-A-S-T-A-N-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Laubbaum aus der Familie der Buchengewächse
  2. 2
    die Frucht der Kastanie ^([1])
  3. 3
    Bezeichnung für die Früchte der Rosskastanie

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Kastanie ist in den temperaten Gebieten der nördlichen Hemisphäre beheimatet.
  2. „Langsam, ganz langsam wickelte sich Roman Bertini unter der Kastanie den verräterisch hellen Verband vom Kopf, stopfte ihn in die Hosentasche, zog vor Schmerz die Luft durch die Zähne.“

Synonyms

EdelkastanieEsskastanieKastanienbaumCastanea sativaMaroneMaroniMarroniRosskastanie

This word in other languages

chestnut tree(English)castaño(Español)châtaignier(Français)castanheiro(Português)

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 "Kastanie"?
"Kastanie" is spelled K-A-S-T-A-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kasˈtaːni̯ə].
What does "Kastanie" mean?
As a noun, "Kastanie" means: Laubbaum aus der Familie der Buchengewächse
How do you pronounce "Kastanie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kastanie" is [kasˈtaːni̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kastanie" come from?
"Kastanie" 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 "Kastanie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kindchen#54,657Jiddisch#54,639klebrige#54,662Initiale#54,627

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list