Knallerbse
[ˈknalˌʔɛʁpsə]
The verdict
“Knallerbse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner kugelförmiger Feuerwerkskörper, der beim Aufprall knallend explodiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-knallerbse · Knallerbse · German
Knallerbse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Knallerbse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈknalˌʔɛʁpsə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Knallerbse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Knallerbse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈknalˌʔɛʁpsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Knallerbse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Knallerbse, spelled K-N-A-L-L-E-R-B-S-E.
Definition
- 1kleiner kugelförmiger Feuerwerkskörper, der beim Aufprall knallend explodiert
- 2weiße Frucht der Gewöhnlichen Schneebeere (Symphoricarpos albus), die beim Zerdrücken ein knackendes Geräusch erzeugt
- 3jemand, der als dumm, einfältig oder als nicht sonderlich kompetent angesehen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Knallerbse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ließ am Silvesterabend ein paar Knallerbsen im Garten zerspringen.
„Am Abend war die ganze Stadt erleuchtet; und die Soldaten ſchoſſen mit Kanonen und die Knaben mit Knallerbſen; und es wurde gegeſſen und getrunken, angeſtoßen und geſprungen oben im Schloſſe.“
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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.