kehrtmachen
[ˈkeːɐ̯tˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“kehrtmachen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wieder in die Richtung gehen, aus der man gekommen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kehrtmachen · kehrtmachen · German
kehrtmachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | kehrtmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkeːɐ̯tˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kehrtmachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kehrtmachen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkeːɐ̯tˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wieder in die Richtung gehen, aus der man gekommen ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kehrtmachen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kehrtmachen, spelled K-E-H-R-T-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1wieder in die Richtung gehen, aus der man gekommen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kehrtmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf halbem Wege machte er kehrt, weil er etwas vergessen hatte.
„Wenn sie Wichtiges beobachten, sollen sie kehrtmachen und berichten.“
Synonyms
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.