Kinderlied

[ˈkɪndɐˌliːt]

/[ˈkɪndɐˌliːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Kinderlied” is uncommon German (frequency #79,381 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,381
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lied, das Kindern vorgesungen wird oder das von Kindern gesungen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-kinderlied · Kinderlied · German

Kinderlied · rank #79,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,381
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH KKH

Nearest frequency peer: KKH (+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 „Kinderlied“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kinderlied
PropertyValue
HeadwordKinderlied
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪndɐˌliːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kinderlied“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „KKH“ (#79,383), „Kerngebiet“ (#79,378), „klammerte“ (#79,384). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kinderlied“ bei #79,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kinderlied is uncommon German at frequency #79,381 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lied, das Kindern vorgesungen wird oder das von Kindern gesungen wird".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kinderlied in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Kinderlied, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-L-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lied, das Kindern vorgesungen wird oder das von Kindern gesungen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jeder kennt Kinderlieder aus seiner Kindheit.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kinderlied"?
"Kinderlied" is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-L-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɪndɐˌliːt].
What does "Kinderlied" mean?
As a noun, "Kinderlied" means: Lied, das Kindern vorgesungen wird oder das von Kindern gesungen wird
How do you pronounce "Kinderlied"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kinderlied" is [ˈkɪndɐˌliːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kinderlied" come from?
"Kinderlied" 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 "Kinderlied", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list