kessen Väter
[ˌkɛsn̩ ˈfɛːtɐ]
The verdict
“kessen Väter” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kessen Väter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkɛsn̩ ˈfɛːtɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kessen Väter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kessen Väter is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌkɛsn̩ ˈfɛːtɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for kessen Väter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kessen Väter, spelled K-E-S-S-E-N- -V-Ä-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
- 2Genitiv Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
- 3Akkusativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
- 4Nominativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
- 5Genitiv Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
- 6Akkusativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kesser Vater
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “kessen Väter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-E-S-S-E-N- -V-Ä-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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