Kliff
[klɪf]
The verdict
“Kliff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Abrasion geformte steil abfallende Wand einer (felsigen) Küste
Corpus desk
Index DE-kliff · Kliff · German
Kliff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Kliff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klɪf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kliff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kliff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [klɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Abrasion geformte steil abfallende Wand einer (felsigen) Küste".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kliff, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Kliff, spelled K-L-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1durch Abrasion geformte steil abfallende Wand einer (felsigen) Küste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kliff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach der Bombardierung machten sich die Invasoren über die Frauen von Gibraltar her und schubsten die ‚Madonna von Europa‘ von den Kliffs.“
„Beim Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, einer schon Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bekannten Künstlerkolonie, muß man den Strand durch Buhnen schützen, kämpft sich das Meer bedrohlich nah an die Reetdach-Häuser heran, nagt gefährlich am Kliff zwischen Ahrenshoop und Wustrow.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.