Milchkanne
[ˈmɪlçˌkanə]
The verdict
“Milchkanne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wiederverwendbarer Behälter für Milch, meist aus Metall mit Henkel
Corpus desk
Index DE-milchkanne · Milchkanne · German
Milchkanne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Milchkanne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪlçˌkanə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Milchkanne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Milchkanne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪlçˌkanə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wiederverwendbarer Behälter für Milch, meist aus Metall mit Henkel".
Zero misspellings are on record for Milchkanne in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Milchkanne, spelled M-I-L-C-H-K-A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1wiederverwendbarer Behälter für Milch, meist aus Metall mit Henkel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Milchkanne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe vom Bauern eine 'Milchkanne' mit frischer Milch bekommen.
„Ich saß oben auf dem Milchwagen, mitten im Lärm der Milchkannen, und trieb den alten Blesi voran, die Walküre ritt schweigend neben dem Wagen her.“
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.