Kniffe
[ˈknɪfə]
The verdict
“Kniffe” is uncommon German (frequency #64,429 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,429
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Kniff
Corpus desk
Index DE-kniffe · Kniffe · German
Kniffe · rank #64,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,429
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kniend
Nearest frequency peer: kniend (-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 „Kniffe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Klinker
Klinker
35,575 corpus weight
- Klötze
Klötze
35,574 corpus weight
- kniend
kniend
35,573 corpus weight
- Kniffe
Kniffe
35,572 corpus weight
- knistert
knistert
35,571 corpus weight
- knockout
knockout
35,570 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kniffe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kniffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈknɪfə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kniffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kniffe is uncommon German at frequency #64,429 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈknɪfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kniffe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Kniffe, spelled K-N-I-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Kniff
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kniff
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Kniff
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Kniff
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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