Kidnapper

[ˈkɪtˌnɛpɐ]

/[ˈkɪtˌnɛpɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kidnapper” is uncommon German (frequency #93,142 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,142
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der eine Person gekidnappt hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-kidnapper · Kidnapper · German

Kidnapper · rank #93,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,142
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kellnerinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Kellnerinnen (-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 „Kidnapper“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kidnapper
PropertyValue
HeadwordKidnapper
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪtˌnɛpɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kidnapper“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kellnerinnen“ (#93,140), „Kindersitze“ (#93,144), „Kellermeister“ (#93,139). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kidnapper“ bei #93,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kidnapper is uncommon German at frequency #93,142 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪtˌnɛpɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der eine Person gekidnappt hat".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kidnapper, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kidnapper, spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der eine Person gekidnappt hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die Kidnapper sind bewaffnet und gewaltbereit.

Synonyms

Entführer

This word in other languages

kidnapper(English)secuestrador(Español)enlèvement(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 "Kidnapper"?
"Kidnapper" is spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɪtˌnɛpɐ].
What does "Kidnapper" mean?
As a noun, "Kidnapper" means: jemand, der eine Person gekidnappt hat
How do you pronounce "Kidnapper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kidnapper" is [ˈkɪtˌnɛpɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kidnapper" come from?
"Kidnapper" 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 "Kidnapper", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Kondensat#93,163jubelnden#93,120Kongruenz#93,166Kriemhild#93,180

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list