Kirchweih

/[ˈkɪʁçˌvaɪ̯]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,736

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Kirchweih is aGermannoun. It means: die feierliche Einweihung eines Kirchengebäudes für seine gottesdienstliche Bestimmung durch den Bischof Pronounced [ˈkɪʁçˌvaɪ̯].

Key facts for Kirchweih
PropertyValue
HeadwordKirchweih
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪʁçˌvaɪ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,736
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kirchweih in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kirchweih is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɪʁçˌvaɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,736 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Kirchweih in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kirchweih, spelled K-I-R-C-H-W-E-I-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die feierliche Einweihung eines Kirchengebäudes für seine gottesdienstliche Bestimmung durch den Bischof
  2. 2
    die jährliche Gedächtnisfeier an das unter [1] gefeierte Ereignis

Frequency rank: #60,736 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kirchweih"?
"Kirchweih" is spelled K-I-R-C-H-W-E-I-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɪʁçˌvaɪ̯].
What does "Kirchweih" mean?
As a noun, "Kirchweih" means: die feierliche Einweihung eines Kirchengebäudes für seine gottesdienstliche Bestimmung durch den Bischof
How do you pronounce "Kirchweih"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kirchweih" is [ˈkɪʁçˌvaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kirchweih" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.