Kinderkram

[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁaːm]

/[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁaːm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kinderkram” is uncommon German (frequency #78,183 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,183
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine (lächerliche) Kleinigkeit, etwas Unbedeutendes

Corpus desk

Index DE-kinderkram · Kinderkram · German

Kinderkram · rank #78,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,183
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kinderehen

Nearest frequency peer: Kinderehen (-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 „Kinderkram“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kinderkram
PropertyValue
HeadwordKinderkram
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁaːm]
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kinderkram“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kinderkramfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kinderehen“ (#78,182), „Kinshasa“ (#78,184), „kennenlerne“ (#78,180). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kinderkram“ bei #78,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kinderkram is uncommon German at frequency #78,183 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine (lächerliche) Kleinigkeit, etwas Unbedeutendes".

Kinderkram has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kinderkram, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine (lächerliche) Kleinigkeit, etwas Unbedeutendes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das ist doch Kinderkram!
  2. „So ein Kinderkram gehört in die Grundschule, nicht in die siebte Klasse!“

Synonyms

KinkerlitzchenKleinigkeitKleinkramPillepallePipifax

This word in other languages

child's play(English)

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 "Kinderkram"?
"Kinderkram" is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁaːm].
What does "Kinderkram" mean?
As a noun, "Kinderkram" means: eine (lächerliche) Kleinigkeit, etwas Unbedeutendes
How do you pronounce "Kinderkram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kinderkram" is [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kinderkram" come from?
"Kinderkram" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kinderkram", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Kinderehen#78,182Kardinälen#78,177kanonische#78,176kläglichen#78,193

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list