Kolportage
[kɔlpɔʁˈtaːʒə]
The verdict
“Kolportage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anspruchslose, minderwertige Literatur
Corpus desk
Index DE-kolportage · Kolportage · German
Kolportage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Kolportage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔlpɔʁˈtaːʒə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kolportage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kolportage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔlpɔʁˈtaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Kolportage has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Kolportage, spelled K-O-L-P-O-R-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1anspruchslose, minderwertige Literatur
- 2Verbreitung von Gerüchten
- 3Bücherverkauf an der Haustür
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kolportage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schon das Drehbuch zum Film war eine Kolportage, die es nicht wert war, verfilmt zu werden.
„Wo der Vorwurf der Kolportage, der in unzähligen deutschen Rezensionen erhoben wird, nicht ausreicht, muß der »Nestbeschmutzer« herhalten.“
Synonyms
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.