Kollekte
[kɔˈlɛktə]
The verdict
“Kollekte” is uncommon German (frequency #68,400 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,400
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geldsammlung für kirchliche oder karitative Zwecke
Corpus desk
Index DE-kollekte · Kollekte · German
Kollekte · rank #68,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,400
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Klimazonen
Nearest frequency peer: Klimazonen (-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 „Kollekte“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kleiber
Kleiber
31,604 corpus weight
- Kleister
Kleister
31,603 corpus weight
- Klimazonen
Klimazonen
31,602 corpus weight
- Kollekte
Kollekte
31,601 corpus weight
- kompatiblen
kompatiblen
31,599 corpus weight
- Konkurrentin
Konkurrentin
31,598 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kollekte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kollekte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔˈlɛktə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kollekte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kollekte is uncommon German at frequency #68,400 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔˈlɛktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geldsammlung für kirchliche oder karitative Zwecke".
Kollekte has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Kollekte, spelled K-O-L-L-E-K-T-E.
Definition
- 1Geldsammlung für kirchliche oder karitative Zwecke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kollekte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit der Entstehung des Weltgebetstages ist die Kollekte ein wichtiger Bestandteil jeder Feier.“
„Mit seinem Holzstiel und dem versteiften Ring sah er aus wie ein Klingelbeutel für die Kollekte in der Kirche.“
Synonyms
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); 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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