Kniegelenk
[ˈkniːɡəˌlɛŋk]
The verdict
“Kniegelenk” is uncommon German (frequency #50,632 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,632
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gelenk, das Oberschenkel und Unterschenkel miteinander verbindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-kniegelenk · Kniegelenk · German
Kniegelenk · rank #50,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,632
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH knickt
Nearest frequency peer: knickt (-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 „Kniegelenk“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kinderkrank…
Kinderkrankheiten
49,372 corpus weight
- Kleidchen
Kleidchen
49,371 corpus weight
- knickt
knickt
49,370 corpus weight
- Kniegelenk
Kniegelenk
49,369 corpus weight
- Kokon
Kokon
49,368 corpus weight
- Koloss
Koloss
49,367 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kniegelenk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kniegelenk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkniːɡəˌlɛŋk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kniegelenk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kniegelenk is uncommon German at frequency #50,632 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkniːɡəˌlɛŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gelenk, das Oberschenkel und Unterschenkel miteinander verbindet".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kniegelenk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kniegelenk, spelled K-N-I-E-G-E-L-E-N-K.
Definition
- 1Gelenk, das Oberschenkel und Unterschenkel miteinander verbindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kniegelenk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei einem Großteil der Menschen fortgeschrittenen Alters etablieren sich Probleme mit dem Kniegelenk.“
„So bekommen in Österreich jährlich 17.000 Menschen ein neues Kniegelenk.“
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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