Klammerwort
[ˈklamɐˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Klammerwort” 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) - Kurzwort, das durch Kürzung eines längeren Wortes entstanden ist und bei dem Anfang und Ende des gekürzten Wortes erhalten blieben
Corpus desk
Index DE-klammerwort · Klammerwort · German
Klammerwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Klammerwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklamɐˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klammerwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klammerwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklamɐˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzwort, das durch Kürzung eines längeren Wortes entstanden ist und bei dem Anfang und Ende des gekürzten Wortes erhalten blieben".
Klammerwort has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Klammerwort, spelled K-L-A-M-M-E-R-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Kurzwort, das durch Kürzung eines längeren Wortes entstanden ist und bei dem Anfang und Ende des gekürzten Wortes erhalten blieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Klammerwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Kirschblüte" (für "Kirschbaumblüte"), "Bierdeckel" (für "Bierglasdeckel") sind Klammerwörter im Deutschen.
Synonyms
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.