kastanienbraun
[kasˈtaːni̯ənbʁaʊ̯n]
The verdict
“kastanienbraun” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittelbraun bis dunkelbraun und rötlich schimmernd
Corpus desk
Index DE-kastanienbraun · kastanienbraun · German
kastanienbraun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | kastanienbraun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kasˈtaːni̯ənbʁaʊ̯n] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kastanienbraun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kastanienbraun is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kasˈtaːni̯ənbʁaʊ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mittelbraun bis dunkelbraun und rötlich schimmernd".
No misspelling variants are generated for kastanienbraun in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 kastanienbraun, spelled K-A-S-T-A-N-I-E-N-B-R-A-U-N.
Definition
- 1mittelbraun bis dunkelbraun und rötlich schimmernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kastanienbraun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeanne de la Motte war 1784 siebenundzwanzig Jahre alt, ihre Haare waren kastanienbraun und wellig, ihre Augen blau und ausdrucksvoll, ihr Lächeln berückend.
Mit ihrem kastanienbraun gefärbten Haar und dem faltigen Gesicht könnte die Ältere ideal die Schwester des Lebemannes Saki Bey abgeben, von der es im Roman heißt, »ihre Füße steckten in Pantoffeln in der Form weißer Kaninchen«.
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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.