Kettenbrief
German, noun/ˈkɛtn̩ˌbʁiːf/
Kettenbrief is spelled K-E-T-T-E-N-B-R-I-E-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kettenbrief is a German masculine noun meaning “chain letter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brief in einer Folge von Briefen, der vom Empfänger vervielfältigt und an weitere Adressen versandt wird”.
What does Kettenbrief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechain letter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brief in einer Folge von Briefen, der vom Empfänger vervielfältigt und an weitere Adressen versandt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kettenbrief
- Kettenbriefes genitive
- Kettenbriefs genitive
- Kettenbriefe plural
- Kettenbriefen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kettenbrief?
- /ˈkɛtn̩ˌbʁiːf/
- [ˈkɛtn̩ˌbʁiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kettenbrief in German?
Kettenbrief appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).