kleinen Fische
[ˌklaɪ̯nən ˈfɪʃə]
The verdict
“kleinen Fische” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kleinen Fische |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌklaɪ̯nən ˈfɪʃə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kleinen Fische” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kleinen Fische is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌklaɪ̯nən ˈfɪʃə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for kleinen Fische in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 kleinen Fische, spelled K-L-E-I-N-E-N- -F-I-S-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
- 2Genitiv Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
- 3Akkusativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
- 4Nominativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
- 5Genitiv Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
- 6Akkusativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Fisch
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-L-E-I-N-E-N- -F-I-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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