Kratzbaum
[ˈkʁat͡sˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Kratzbaum” is uncommon German (frequency #66,408 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,408
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Möbelstück, Gerüst, an dem Katzen klettern und ihre Krallen schärfen können
Corpus desk
Index DE-kratzbaum · Kratzbaum · German
Kratzbaum · rank #66,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,408
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH konzentrier
Nearest frequency peer: konzentrier (-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 „Kratzbaum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Konvois
Konvois
33,596 corpus weight
- Konzentrat
Konzentrat
33,595 corpus weight
- konzentrier
konzentrier
33,594 corpus weight
- Kratzbaum
Kratzbaum
33,593 corpus weight
- Krebsforsch…
Krebsforschung
33,592 corpus weight
- Kreissäge
Kreissäge
33,591 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kratzbaum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kratzbaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁat͡sˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kratzbaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kratzbaum is uncommon German at frequency #66,408 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁat͡sˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Möbelstück, Gerüst, an dem Katzen klettern und ihre Krallen schärfen können".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kratzbaum in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Kratzbaum, spelled K-R-A-T-Z-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Möbelstück, Gerüst, an dem Katzen klettern und ihre Krallen schärfen können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kratzbaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um die Möbel zu schützen, sollten Katzen darauf trainiert werden, einen Kratzbaum zu benutzen.“
„Der Kratzbaum ist dem kleinen »Perserker« völlig schnuppe und steht neuwertig unbeachtet in einer Ecke.“
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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