Korvettenkapitän

[kɔʁˈvɛtn̩kapiˌtɛːn]

/[kɔʁˈvɛtn̩kapiˌtɛːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Korvettenkapitän” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Offiziersdienstgrad zwischen dem Stabskapitänleutnant und dem Fregattenkapitän

Corpus desk

Index DE-korvettenkapitan · Korvettenkapitän · German

Korvettenkapitän · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for Korvettenkapitän
PropertyValue
HeadwordKorvettenkapitän
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔʁˈvɛtn̩kapiˌtɛːn]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Korvettenkapitän“ im Deutschen

Korvettenkapitänliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Korvettenkapitän is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁˈvɛtn̩kapiˌtɛːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Korvettenkapitän, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Korvettenkapitän, spelled K-O-R-V-E-T-T-E-N-K-A-P-I-T-Ä-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Offiziersdienstgrad zwischen dem Stabskapitänleutnant und dem Fregattenkapitän
  2. 2
    Stabsoffizier im Range eines Korvettenkapitäns

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Korvettenkapitän appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Korvettenkapitän entspricht dem Major bei Heer und Luftwaffe.
  2. Was muss ich noch tun, um Korvettenkapitän zu werden?

Synonyms

MajorOberstabsapothekerOberstabsarztOberstabsveterinärSS-Sturmbannführer

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Korvettenkapitän"?
"Korvettenkapitän" is spelled K-O-R-V-E-T-T-E-N-K-A-P-I-T-Ä-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔʁˈvɛtn̩kapiˌtɛːn].
What does "Korvettenkapitän" mean?
As a noun, "Korvettenkapitän" means: Offiziersdienstgrad zwischen dem Stabskapitänleutnant und dem Fregattenkapitän
How do you pronounce "Korvettenkapitän"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Korvettenkapitän" is [kɔʁˈvɛtn̩kapiˌtɛːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Korvettenkapitän" come from?
"Korvettenkapitän" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list