Kleiderkasten
[ˈklaɪ̯dɐˌkastn̩]
The verdict
“Kleiderkasten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hohes Möbelstück, das für die geschlossene Aufbewahrung von Kleidung gedacht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleiderkasten · Kleiderkasten · German
Kleiderkasten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Kleiderkasten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯dɐˌkastn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kleiderkasten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kleiderkasten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯dɐˌkastn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hohes Möbelstück, das für die geschlossene Aufbewahrung von Kleidung gedacht ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kleiderkasten in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kleiderkasten, spelled K-L-E-I-D-E-R-K-A-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1hohes Möbelstück, das für die geschlossene Aufbewahrung von Kleidung gedacht ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kleiderkasten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die meist eigens angefertigten, teuren Kleider samt großem Reifrock schaffen es kaum öfter als einmal pro Jahr aus dem Kleiderkasten.“
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.