Kimberley
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The verdict
“Kimberley” is uncommon German (frequency #71,514 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,514
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap
Corpus desk
Index DE-kimberley · Kimberley · German
Kimberley · rank #71,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,514
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kiesinger
Nearest frequency peer: Kiesinger (-1 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 „Kimberley“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Keramiken
Keramiken
28,492 corpus weight
- Kesseln
Kesseln
28,490 corpus weight
- Kiesinger
Kiesinger
28,488 corpus weight
- Kimberley
Kimberley
28,487 corpus weight
- Kindesmissh…
Kindesmisshandlung
28,485 corpus weight
- klangliche
klangliche
28,483 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kimberley“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kimberley |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kimberley“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kimberley is uncommon German at frequency #71,514 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap".
Kimberley doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kimberley, spelled K-I-M-B-E-R-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kimberley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Gegenteil: er wollte, wie etwa ein Entwurf für eine Verordnung und seine Vorstellungen von der Rolle des Staates in seiner Keynote-Speech während des Kongresses in Kimberley 1934 eindeutig belegen, eine Ausweitung der Kompetenzen des Staates, dem die Wohlfahrtsorganisationen untergeordnet werden sollten.“
„Zum nächsten Ziel, Kimberley, ging es mit der Postkutsche.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).