Kohelet
[koˈheːlɛt]
The verdict
“Kohelet” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine alttestamentliche Schrift der Bibel
Corpus desk
Index DE-kohelet · Kohelet · German
Kohelet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Kohelet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈheːlɛt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kohelet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kohelet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈheːlɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine alttestamentliche Schrift der Bibel".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kohelet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kohelet, spelled K-O-H-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1eine alttestamentliche Schrift der Bibel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kohelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Buch Kohelet wurde wie das der Sprüche dem König Salomo zugeschrieben, obgleich es außer dem ,Sohn Davids‘ als Verfasserangabe in 1,1 und verschiedenen Andeutungen (vgl. 1,12+16) keinen Hinweis auf eine solche Autorschaft gibt.“
¹Worte Kohelets, des Davidsohnes, der König in Jerusalem war. ² Windhauch, Windhauch, sagte Kohelet, Windhauch, Windhauch, das ist alles Windhauch. (Kohelet 1,1-2)
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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.