Kernkraft

[ˈkɛʁnˌkʁaft]

/[ˈkɛʁnˌkʁaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kernkraft” is uncommon German (frequency #50,624 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,624
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Erzeugung von Energie durch die Freisetzung der im Atomkern befindlichen Energie

Corpus desk

Index DE-kernkraft · Kernkraft · German

Kernkraft · rank #50,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,624
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Killers

Nearest frequency peer: Killers (+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 „Kernkraft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kernkraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordKernkraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɛʁnˌkʁaft]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,624
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kernkraft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kernkraftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Killers“ (#50,626), „Kauderwelsch“ (#50,621), „kassenärztlichen“ (#50,620). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kernkraft“ bei #50,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kernkraft is uncommon German at frequency #50,624 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁnˌkʁaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Kernkraft has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kernkraft, spelled K-E-R-N-K-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Erzeugung von Energie durch die Freisetzung der im Atomkern befindlichen Energie
  2. 2
    Physik, Plural: Kräfte im Atomkern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ein Teil des Stroms wird aus Kernkraft gewonnen.
  2. „Für den Münchner Soziologen Ulrich Beck, der mir Fukushima den »Sicherheitsmythos« der Kernkraft zerbröseln sieht, hat Töpfer sich besonders eingesetzt.“

Synonyms

AtomkraftAtomenergieKernenergie

This word in other languages

energía nuclear(Español)énergie nucléaire(Français)

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 "Kernkraft"?
"Kernkraft" is spelled K-E-R-N-K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛʁnˌkʁaft].
What does "Kernkraft" mean?
As a noun, "Kernkraft" means: die Erzeugung von Energie durch die Freisetzung der im Atomkern befindlichen Energie
How do you pronounce "Kernkraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kernkraft" is [ˈkɛʁnˌkʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kernkraft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list