Kerngebiet

[ˈkɛʁnɡəˌbiːt]

/[ˈkɛʁnɡəˌbiːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kerngebiet” is uncommon German (frequency #79,378 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,378
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zentrales Gebiet eines Landes, einer Region, Stadt

Corpus desk

Index DE-kerngebiet · Kerngebiet · German

Kerngebiet · rank #79,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,378
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kellys

Nearest frequency peer: Kellys (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kerngebiet“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kerngebiet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kerngebiet
PropertyValue
HeadwordKerngebiet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɛʁnɡəˌbiːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,378
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kerngebiet“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kerngebietfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kellys“ (#79,376), „Kinderlied“ (#79,381), „Keile“ (#79,373). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kerngebiet“ bei #79,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kerngebiet is uncommon German at frequency #79,378 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁnɡəˌbiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kerngebiet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kerngebiet, spelled K-E-R-N-G-E-B-I-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zentrales Gebiet eines Landes, einer Region, Stadt
  2. 2
    zentraler Bereich eines Fachs, eines Interessengebiets

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kerngebiet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Kerngebiet ist ein etwa 75 Kilometer breites Hochplateau nördlich des Cuanza-Flusses.“
  2. Ein Kerngebiet der Linguistik ist die Morphologie.

Synonyms

Kernland

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kerngebiet"?
"Kerngebiet" is spelled K-E-R-N-G-E-B-I-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛʁnɡəˌbiːt].
What does "Kerngebiet" mean?
As a noun, "Kerngebiet" means: zentrales Gebiet eines Landes, einer Region, Stadt
How do you pronounce "Kerngebiet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kerngebiet" is [ˈkɛʁnɡəˌbiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kerngebiet" come from?
"Kerngebiet" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kerngebiet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kinderlied#79,381Kaufhauses#79,370Koordinate#79,402Jeansjacke#79,348

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list