Kontrollkästchen
German, noun/kɔnˈtʁɔlˌkɛstçən/
Kontrollkästchen is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-K-Ä-S-T-C-H-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kontrollkästchen is a German neuter noun meaning “checkbox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grafisches Element zur Auswahl von mehreren Optionen zugleich”.
What does Kontrollkästchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercheckbox
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grafisches Element zur Auswahl von mehreren Optionen zugleich
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kontrollkästchen
- Kontrollkästchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kontrollkästchen?
- /kɔnˈtʁɔlˌkɛstçən/
- [kɔnˈtʁɔlˌkɛstçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kontrollkästchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kontrollkästchen in German?
Kontrollkästchen appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).