Know-how
[noːˈhaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Know-how” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Wissen, wie man etwas macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-know-how · Know-how · German
Know-how · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Know-how |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [noːˈhaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Know-how“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Know-how is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [noːˈhaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Wissen, wie man etwas macht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Know-how, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Know-how, spelled K-N-O-W---H-O-W.
Definition
- 1das Wissen, wie man etwas macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Know-how appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn dir das entsprechende Know-how fehlt, musst du zu diesem Thema noch eine Schulung machen.
„Ihnen fielen die Produktionsstätten und teilweise das Know-how der mächtigen deutschen Konkurrenz praktisch in den Schoß.“
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.