Kohlrübe
[ˈkoːlˌʁyːbə]
The verdict
“Kohlrübe” 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) - Rübe mit dickfleischiger, gelber oder weißer, essbarer Wurzel (Brassica napus subsp. rapifera; Syn.: Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kohlrube · Kohlrübe · German
Kohlrübe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Kohlrübe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːlˌʁyːbə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kohlrübe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kohlrübe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːlˌʁyːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kohlrübe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Kohlrübe, spelled K-O-H-L-R-Ü-B-E.
Definition
- 1Rübe mit dickfleischiger, gelber oder weißer, essbarer Wurzel (Brassica napus subsp. rapifera; Syn.: Brassica napus subsp. napobrassica)
- 2Kohl mit dickfleischigem, knollenförmigem, essbarem Stängel (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes)
- 3Kopf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kohlrübe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Unrecht wird die Kohlrübe als Arme-Leute-Essen abqualifiziert.
„Die Kohlrübe, Steckrübe, Wrucke, Erdkohlrabi, Bodenkohlrabi, Unterkohlrabi, Krautrübe, Dorſch, ſchwediſche Kohlrübe oder Rutabaga (Brassica napus rapifera DC.) ⚇ kann als eine durch die Cultur entſtandene Varietät des Rapſes (Brassica napus oleifera DC.) ⚇ angeſehen werden.“
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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.