Katakana
[kataˈkaːna]
The verdict
“Katakana” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die zweite japanische Silbenschrift, welche meist für Fremdwörter verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-katakana · Katakana · German
Katakana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Katakana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kataˈkaːna] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katakana“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katakana is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kataˈkaːna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die zweite japanische Silbenschrift, welche meist für Fremdwörter verwendet wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Katakana in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Katakana, spelled K-A-T-A-K-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1die zweite japanische Silbenschrift, welche meist für Fremdwörter verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Katakana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um zu vereindeutigen, welche der Lesarten zutreffend ist, sehen viele japanische Formulare seit langem ein Zusatzfeld vor, in dem der Name in der Silbenschrift Katakana zu transkribieren ist.“
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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.