Kraftdroschke
[ˈkʁaftˌdʁɔʃkə]
The verdict
“Kraftdroschke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrzeug, das zur entgeltlichen Personenbeförderung dient und gewöhnlich durch einen Fahrer gelenkt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-kraftdroschke · Kraftdroschke · German
Kraftdroschke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Kraftdroschke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaftˌdʁɔʃkə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kraftdroschke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kraftdroschke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaftˌdʁɔʃkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fahrzeug, das zur entgeltlichen Personenbeförderung dient und gewöhnlich durch einen Fahrer gelenkt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kraftdroschke in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kraftdroschke, spelled K-R-A-F-T-D-R-O-S-C-H-K-E.
Definition
- 1Fahrzeug, das zur entgeltlichen Personenbeförderung dient und gewöhnlich durch einen Fahrer gelenkt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kraftdroschke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Entsprechend dem bereits vor einiger Zeit in das Personenbeförderungsgesetz und in die BOKraft eingeführten modernen Begriff ‘Taxi’ (‘Taxen’) sind anstelle des antiquierten Begriffs ‘Kraftdroschke(n)’ insoweit nun auch die einschlägigen Vorschriften der StVZO der neuen Terminologie des PBefG anzupassen.“
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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.