Lochkarte
[ˈlɔxˌkaʁtə]
The verdict
“Lochkarte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - früher ein Speichermedium in der EDV
Corpus desk
Index DE-lochkarte · Lochkarte · German
Lochkarte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | Lochkarte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɔxˌkaʁtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lochkarte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lochkarte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlɔxˌkaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "früher ein Speichermedium in der EDV".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lochkarte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Lochkarte, spelled L-O-C-H-K-A-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1früher ein Speichermedium in der EDV
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lochkarte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Programm wurde auf mehrere Lochkarten gelocht.
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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.