Kelter
[ˈkɛltɐ]
The verdict
“Kelter” is uncommon German (frequency #67,380 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,380
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (historische) Apparatur, die dem Auspressen der Trauben dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-kelter · Kelter · German
Kelter · rank #67,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,380
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Karambolage
Nearest frequency peer: Karambolage (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kelter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kapitalisti…
kapitalistisch
32,624 corpus weight
- Karambolage
Karambolage
32,622 corpus weight
- Kelter
Kelter
32,621 corpus weight
- kentern
kentern
32,620 corpus weight
- Kerls
Kerls
32,619 corpus weight
- KGV
KGV
32,618 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kelter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kelter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛltɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kelter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kelter is uncommon German at frequency #67,380 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Kelter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kelter, spelled K-E-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1(historische) Apparatur, die dem Auspressen der Trauben dient
- 2(historisches) Kelterhaus, Gebäude, in dem die Kelter (siehe [1]) steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kelter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich fragte Papa, was das hölzerne Ding sei, und Papa sagte, das hölzerne Ding sei eine Presse oder eine Kelter, und in einer solchen Kelter oder Presse würden die Weintrauben zu Wein gepresst.“
„Von der Kelter tropft dann zuckersüßer Saft.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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