keimfrei
[ˈkaɪ̯mˌfʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“keimfrei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - frei von Keimen
Corpus desk
Index DE-keimfrei · keimfrei · German
keimfrei · 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 | keimfrei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkaɪ̯mˌfʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „keimfrei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
keimfrei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkaɪ̯mˌfʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "frei von Keimen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for keimfrei in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 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 keimfrei, spelled K-E-I-M-F-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1frei von Keimen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how keimfrei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sterile Gegenstände im OP sind keimfrei gemacht.
Antonyms
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.