Kettfaden
German, noun
Kettfaden is spelled K-E-T-T-F-A-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kettfaden is a German masculine noun meaning “warp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Kettfäden is a different word: “nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Kettfaden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Faden, der in der Weberei in einem Webstuhl in Längsrichtung aufgespannt wird”.
What does Kettfaden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewarp
Coordinate term: Schussfaden
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of Kettfaden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faden, der in der Weberei in einem Webstuhl in Längsrichtung aufgespannt 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 Kettfaden
- Kettfadens genitive
- Kettfäden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Kettfaden in German?
Kettfaden appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).