Kotkügelchen
[ˈkoːtˌkyːɡəlçən]
The verdict
“Kotkügelchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines kugelförmiges Stück Kot
Corpus desk
Index DE-kotkugelchen · Kotkügelchen · German
Kotkügelchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Kotkügelchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkoːtˌkyːɡəlçən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kotkügelchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kotkügelchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːtˌkyːɡəlçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines kugelförmiges Stück Kot".
Kotkügelchen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Kotkügelchen, spelled K-O-T-K-Ü-G-E-L-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines kugelförmiges Stück Kot
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kotkügelchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Fährten, die zu dem Baum und von ihm wegführten, waren übersät mit erbsengroßen Kotkügelchen.“
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.