Kinderdorf

[ˈkɪndɐˌdɔʁf]

/[ˈkɪndɐˌdɔʁf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kinderdorf” is uncommon German (frequency #50,628 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,628
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gegründete Heimstätten zur erzieherischen und medizinischen Betreuung eltern- und heimatloser Kinder

Corpus desk

Index DE-kinderdorf · Kinderdorf · German

Kinderdorf · rank #50,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,628
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kinderkrankhe…

Nearest frequency peer: Kinderkrankheiten (+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 „Kinderdorf“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kinderdorf
PropertyValue
HeadwordKinderdorf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪndɐˌdɔʁf]
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kinderdorf“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kinderdorffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kinderkrankheiten“ (#50,629), „Killers“ (#50,626), „Kleidchen“ (#50,630). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kinderdorf“ bei #50,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kinderdorf is uncommon German at frequency #50,628 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌdɔʁf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gegründete Heimstätten zur erzieherischen und medizinischen Betreuung eltern- und heimatloser Kinder".

Kinderdorf has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Kinderdorf, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-D-O-R-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gegründete Heimstätten zur erzieherischen und medizinischen Betreuung eltern- und heimatloser Kinder

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Diese Weihnachten spenden wir für die Kinderdörfer.
  2. „Ein Revival erlebte die Ballonpost ab den 1950er Jahren durch verschiedene private Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltungen von Kinderdörfern in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.“

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 "Kinderdorf"?
"Kinderdorf" is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-D-O-R-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɪndɐˌdɔʁf].
What does "Kinderdorf" mean?
As a noun, "Kinderdorf" means: seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gegründete Heimstätten zur erzieherischen und medizinischen Betreuung eltern- und heimatloser Kinder
How do you pronounce "Kinderdorf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kinderdorf" is [ˈkɪndɐˌdɔʁf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kinderdorf" come from?
"Kinderdorf" 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 "Kinderdorf", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kniegelenk#50,632Kolumbiens#50,635kaiserlich#50,616Innenräume#50,603

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list