Klassenarbeit
[ˈklasn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Klassenarbeit” is uncommon German (frequency #68,395 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,395
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schriftliche Prüfung, die in der Schule von einer Klasse in manchen Fächern geschrieben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-klassenarbeit · Klassenarbeit · German
Klassenarbeit · rank #68,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,395
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH klarsten
Nearest frequency peer: klarsten (-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 „Klassenarbeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kiwis
Kiwis
31,608 corpus weight
- klarsten
klarsten
31,607 corpus weight
- Klassenarbe…
Klassenarbeit
31,606 corpus weight
- kleb
kleb
31,605 corpus weight
- Kleiber
Kleiber
31,604 corpus weight
- Kleister
Kleister
31,603 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Klassenarbeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klassenarbeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklasn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klassenarbeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klassenarbeit is uncommon German at frequency #68,395 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklasn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schriftliche Prüfung, die in der Schule von einer Klasse in manchen Fächern geschrieben wird".
Klassenarbeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Klassenarbeit, spelled K-L-A-S-S-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1schriftliche Prüfung, die in der Schule von einer Klasse in manchen Fächern geschrieben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Klassenarbeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er musste den ganzen Nachmittag lernen, weil er am nächsten Tag eine Klassenarbeit schrieb.
„Klassenarbeiten brachte sie ohnehin kaum rechtzeitig zu Ende.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).