kennenlerne
[ˈkɛnənˌlɛʁnə]
The verdict
“kennenlerne” is uncommon German (frequency #78,180 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,180
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kennenlernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kennenlerne · kennenlerne · German
kennenlerne · rank #78,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,180
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kartenspielen
Nearest frequency peer: Kartenspielen (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “kennenlerne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kanonische
kanonische
21,825 corpus weight
- Kardinälen
Kardinälen
21,824 corpus weight
- Kartenspiel…
Kartenspielen
21,823 corpus weight
- kennenlerne
kennenlerne
21,821 corpus weight
- Kinderehen
Kinderehen
21,819 corpus weight
- Kinderkram
Kinderkram
21,818 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kennenlerne” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kennenlerne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɛnənˌlɛʁnə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kennenlerne” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kennenlerne is uncommon German at frequency #78,180 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkɛnənˌlɛʁnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for kennenlerne in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kennenlerne, spelled K-E-N-N-E-N-L-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kennenlernen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kennenlernen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs kennenlernen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kennenlerne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.