Katechet
[katɛˈçeːt]
The verdict
“Katechet” 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) - der Kirche unterstellte Religionslehrkraft
Corpus desk
Index DE-katechet · Katechet · German
Katechet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Katechet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [katɛˈçeːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katechet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katechet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [katɛˈçeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Katechet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Katechet, spelled K-A-T-E-C-H-E-T.
Definition
- 1der Kirche unterstellte Religionslehrkraft
- 2Laie, der im Auftrag eines Pfarrers Kinder und Erwachsene auf den Empfang bestimmter Sakramente vorbereitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Katechet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Katechet und Katechetin, bzw. Religionspädagoge und Religionspädagogin übernehmen als Hauptaufgabe den Religionsunterricht sowohl in der Volksschule als auch in der Pfarrei, bzw. der Kirchgemeinde.
„Der Dienst des Katecheten in der Kirche ist sehr alt.“
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.