Kohlenwasserstoff
[ˌkoːlənˈvasɐʃtɔf]
The verdict
“Kohlenwasserstoff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine organische Verbindung, die nur aus Kohlenstoff und Wasserstoff besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-kohlenwasserstoff · Kohlenwasserstoff · German
Kohlenwasserstoff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Kohlenwasserstoff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkoːlənˈvasɐʃtɔf] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kohlenwasserstoff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kohlenwasserstoff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkoːlənˈvasɐʃtɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine organische Verbindung, die nur aus Kohlenstoff und Wasserstoff besteht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kohlenwasserstoff, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Kohlenwasserstoff, spelled K-O-H-L-E-N-W-A-S-S-E-R-S-T-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1eine organische Verbindung, die nur aus Kohlenstoff und Wasserstoff besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kohlenwasserstoff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Propan ist ein Kohlenwasserstoff.
„Bei den acyclischen oder aliphatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen sind die Kohlenstoffatome in geraden oder verzweigten Ketten miteinander verbunden.“
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.