Kühlhaus

[ˈkyːlˌhaʊ̯s]

/[ˈkyːlˌhaʊ̯s]/ noun

The verdict

“Kühlhaus” is uncommon German (frequency #89,195 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,195
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Kühltechnik ausgestattetes Gebäude, in dem Lebensmittel aufbewahrt werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuhlhaus · Kühlhaus · German

Kühlhaus · rank #89,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,195
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Könnern

Nearest frequency peer: Könnern (-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 „Kühlhaus“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kühlhaus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kühlhaus
PropertyValue
HeadwordKühlhaus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkyːlˌhaʊ̯s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,195
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kühlhaus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kühlhausfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Könnern“ (#89,194), „kümmerlich“ (#89,196), „kyrillisch“ (#89,193). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kühlhaus“ bei #89,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kühlhaus is uncommon German at frequency #89,195 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkyːlˌhaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Kühltechnik ausgestattetes Gebäude, in dem Lebensmittel aufbewahrt werden".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kühlhaus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kühlhaus, spelled K-Ü-H-L-H-A-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Kühltechnik ausgestattetes Gebäude, in dem Lebensmittel aufbewahrt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In einem Kühlhaus werden frische Lebensmittel (Obst, Gemüse, Pilze usw.) bei Temperaturen zwischen 0 °C und 7 °C vorübergehend, bis zum alsbaldigen Verzehr, aufbewahrt.
  2. „Unter dem surrenden Ventilator, der die eisige Ammoniakluft verteilte, lag jener Mann, der ihn ins Kühlhaus gesperrt hatte: Eduard Pfeiffer.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kühlhaus"?
"Kühlhaus" is spelled K-Ü-H-L-H-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkyːlˌhaʊ̯s].
What does "Kühlhaus" mean?
As a noun, "Kühlhaus" means: mit Kühltechnik ausgestattetes Gebäude, in dem Lebensmittel aufbewahrt werden
How do you pronounce "Kühlhaus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kühlhaus" is [ˈkyːlˌhaʊ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kühlhaus" come from?
"Kühlhaus" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kühlhaus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list