Kolonialherrschaft
[koloˈni̯aːlˌhɛʁʃaft]
The verdict
“Kolonialherrschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #85,460 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,460
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herrschaft über eine Kolonie
Corpus desk
Index DE-kolonialherrschaft · Kolonialherrschaft · German
Kolonialherrschaft · rank #85,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,460
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kohlestrom
Nearest frequency peer: Kohlestrom (-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 „Kolonialherrschaft“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Knochens
Knochens
14,546 corpus weight
- Kohlestrom
Kohlestrom
14,542 corpus weight
- Kolonialher…
Kolonialherrschaft
14,541 corpus weight
- kompositori…
kompositorische
14,539 corpus weight
- Kongressabg…
Kongressabgeordneten
14,538 corpus weight
- kontaminier…
kontaminierte
14,537 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kolonialherrschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kolonialherrschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koloˈni̯aːlˌhɛʁʃaft] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #85,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kolonialherrschaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kolonialherrschaft is uncommon German at frequency #85,460 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koloˈni̯aːlˌhɛʁʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herrschaft über eine Kolonie".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kolonialherrschaft, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 Kolonialherrschaft, spelled K-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Herrschaft über eine Kolonie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kolonialherrschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er wusste ohnehin aus der Lektüre deutscher Zeitungsartikel, dass die britische Kolonialherrschaft nicht nur so zivil gewesen war, wie die Engländer es sich gerne vorstellten.“
„Nimmt man den weit verbreiteten, lange währenden Kampf der afrikanischen Völker gegen die Kolonialherrschaft zum Ausgangspunkt, so steht das gemeinsame Element im Vordergrund.“
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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