Klagegesang
[ˈklaːɡəɡəˌzaŋ]
The verdict
“Klagegesang” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesang, der formal und thematisch eine Klage darstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-klagegesang · Klagegesang · German
Klagegesang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Klagegesang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaːɡəɡəˌzaŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klagegesang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klagegesang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaːɡəɡəˌzaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesang, der formal und thematisch eine Klage darstellt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Klagegesang, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Klagegesang, spelled K-L-A-G-E-G-E-S-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gesang, der formal und thematisch eine Klage darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klagegesang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bohuslav Martinů verwandelte 1959 ein slowakisches Lied in sehnsüchtige Klagegesänge und technische Kabinettstückchen für Violoncello und Klavier.““
„Daraufhin wird sie in einen lauten Klagegesang ausbrechen, bei dem ihre Stimme sich überschlägt und von dem sie wochenlang heiser sein wird.“
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.