Konklave
[kɔŋˈklaːvə]
The verdict
“Konklave” is uncommon German (frequency #79,398 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,398
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Außenwelt abgeschlossener Raum im Vatikan, in dem sich die Kardinäle zur Wahl eines Papstes aufhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-konklave · Konklave · German
Konklave · rank #79,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,398
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH konjunkturelle
Nearest frequency peer: konjunkturelle (-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 „Konklave“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kompliziert…
kompliziertere
20,606 corpus weight
- komprimierte
komprimierte
20,605 corpus weight
- konjunkture…
konjunkturelle
20,604 corpus weight
- Konklave
Konklave
20,603 corpus weight
- konstituier…
konstituieren
20,602 corpus weight
- Kontakts
Kontakts
20,601 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Konklave“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Konklave |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔŋˈklaːvə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Konklave“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Konklave is uncommon German at frequency #79,398 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔŋˈklaːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Konklave, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Konklave, spelled K-O-N-K-L-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1von der Außenwelt abgeschlossener Raum im Vatikan, in dem sich die Kardinäle zur Wahl eines Papstes aufhalten
- 2die Versammlung der Kardinäle zu der Wahl eines neuen Papstes
- 3Beratungen oder Verhandlungen in abgeschottetem Rahmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Konklave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf einen phantasievollen Biographen Sixtus' V, achtzig Jahre später, geht die Anekdote zurück, Felice Peretti sei gebückt und auf einen Stock gestützt in das Konklave eingezogen, ein Bild der Hinfälligkeit.“
„Beim Einzug ins Konklave verpflichten sich die Kardinäle zur Verschwiegenheit über alles, was im Zusammenhang mit der Papstwahl steht.“
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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