Kronberg im Taunus
[ˈkʁoːnˌbɛʁk ɪm ˈtaʊ̯nʊs]
The verdict
“Kronberg im Taunus” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kronberg im Taunus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkʁoːnˌbɛʁk ɪm ˈtaʊ̯nʊs] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kronberg im Taunus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kronberg im Taunus is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁoːnˌbɛʁk ɪm ˈtaʊ̯nʊs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".
Kronberg im Taunus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kronberg im Taunus, spelled K-R-O-N-B-E-R-G- -I-M- -T-A-U-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-O-N-B-E-R-G- -I-M- -T-A-U-N-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁoːnˌbɛʁk ɪm ˈtaʊ̯nʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.