kentern
[ˈkɛntɐn]
The verdict
“kentern” is uncommon German (frequency #67,381 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,381
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (als Wasserfahrzeug) sich zur Seite neigen und auf der einen Seite oder kieloben liegen bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-kentern · kentern · German
kentern · rank #67,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,381
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kelter
Nearest frequency peer: Kelter (-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 „kentern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- kicks
kicks
32,617 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kentern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kentern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɛntɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kentern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kentern is uncommon German at frequency #67,381 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkɛntɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for kentern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kentern, spelled K-E-N-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1(als Wasserfahrzeug) sich zur Seite neigen und auf der einen Seite oder kieloben liegen bleiben
- 2(von Strömungen, Winden oder Ähnlichem) sich in die entgegengesetzte Richtung bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kentern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Boot ist gekentert, sie ist ertrunken.“
In der Ägäis ist wieder ein Flüchtlingsboot gekentert. Vor einer kleinen griechischen Insel finden die Rettungsmannschaften immer mehr Leichen, darunter zahlreiche Kinder.
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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