Kindersprache
[ˈkɪndɐˌʃpʁaːxə]
The verdict
“Kindersprache” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammelbegriff für die Sprachformen, die Kinder beim Erwerb ihrer Muttersprache nach und nach entwickeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-kindersprache · Kindersprache · German
Kindersprache · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Kindersprache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪndɐˌʃpʁaːxə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kindersprache“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kindersprache is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌʃpʁaːxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Kindersprache in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kindersprache, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Sammelbegriff für die Sprachformen, die Kinder beim Erwerb ihrer Muttersprache nach und nach entwickeln
- 2eine der verschiedenen Sprachen von Kindern in einer Gruppe, zum Beispiel in einer Schulklasse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kindersprache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als die erste ausführlichere Untersuchung der Kindersprache von einem Linguisten wird die Arbeit des Belgiers Grégoire (1937) …eingestuft.“
„Die Kindersprache enthält usualisierte Wortschöpfungen: »Tick-Tack« (‚Uhr‘), »Puff-puff« (‚Eisenbahn‘).“
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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.