Kirchenfenster
[ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌfɛnstɐ]
The verdict
“Kirchenfenster” is uncommon German (frequency #95,809 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,809
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verglaste Öffnung in einem Gotteshaus, die häufig mit religiösen Motiven als Kunstobjekt ausgestaltet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kirchenfenster · Kirchenfenster · German
Kirchenfenster · rank #95,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,809
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kirchenbauten
Nearest frequency peer: Kirchenbauten (-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 „Kirchenfenster“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kernkraftwe…
Kernkraftwerks
4,198 corpus weight
- Kigali
Kigali
4,197 corpus weight
- Kirchenbaut…
Kirchenbauten
4,193 corpus weight
- Kirchenfens…
Kirchenfenster
4,192 corpus weight
- Kirschblüte
Kirschblüte
4,191 corpus weight
- Klebestreif…
Klebestreifen
4,187 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kirchenfenster“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kirchenfenster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌfɛnstɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #95,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kirchenfenster“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kirchenfenster is uncommon German at frequency #95,809 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪʁçn̩ˌfɛnstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verglaste Öffnung in einem Gotteshaus, die häufig mit religiösen Motiven als Kunstobjekt ausgestaltet ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kirchenfenster, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kirchenfenster, spelled K-I-R-C-H-E-N-F-E-N-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1verglaste Öffnung in einem Gotteshaus, die häufig mit religiösen Motiven als Kunstobjekt ausgestaltet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kirchenfenster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf diesem Kirchenfenster werden „Die Gerechten in Abrahams Schoß“ dargestellt.
„Mit der Verwendung des Blaus in den Kirchenfenstern von Saint-Denis und Chartres im 12. Jahrhundert hatte ein sonnendurchflutetes Blau in die Gotteshäuser Einzug gehalten, das die himmlische Transzendenz zu symbolisieren vermochte.“
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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