Kathete
[kaˈteːtə]
The verdict
“Kathete” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem rechten Winkel benachbarte Seite eines Dreiecks
Corpus desk
Index DE-kathete · Kathete · German
Kathete · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Kathete |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈteːtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kathete“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kathete is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈteːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dem rechten Winkel benachbarte Seite eines Dreiecks".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kathete in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kathete, spelled K-A-T-H-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1dem rechten Winkel benachbarte Seite eines Dreiecks
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kathete appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein rechtwinkliges Dreieck hat eine Hypotenuse und zwei Katheten.
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.