Kielboot
[ˈkiːlˌboːt]
The verdict
“Kielboot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segelfahrzeug, das an seiner Rumpfunterseite einen schweren Ballastkiel in Form einer Flosse trägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kielboot · Kielboot · German
Kielboot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kielboot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkiːlˌboːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kielboot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kielboot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkiːlˌboːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segelfahrzeug, das an seiner Rumpfunterseite einen schweren Ballastkiel in Form einer Flosse trägt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kielboot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Kielboot, spelled K-I-E-L-B-O-O-T.
Definition
- 1Segelfahrzeug, das an seiner Rumpfunterseite einen schweren Ballastkiel in Form einer Flosse trägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kielboot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Mein Kielboot aus St. Louis muss jeden Tag kommen, Monsieur Ashley‹, erklärte der beleibte Franzose erneut in seinem geduldigen, aber nachdrücklichen Tonfall.“
This word in other languages
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.