Rotkohl

[ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]

/[ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rotkohl” is uncommon German (frequency #54,843 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,843
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kohlsorte mit dunkel-lilafarbenem Kopf

Corpus desk

Index DE-rotkohl · Rotkohl · German

Rotkohl · rank #54,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,843
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rosenmontagsz…

Nearest frequency peer: Rosenmontagszug (-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 „Rotkohl“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rotkohl
PropertyValue
HeadwordRotkohl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rotkohl“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Rotkohlfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rosenmontagszug“ (#54,842), „rotter“ (#54,844), „Rosenberger“ (#54,841). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rotkohl“ bei #54,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rotkohl is uncommon German at frequency #54,843 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Rotkohl in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Rotkohl, spelled R-O-T-K-O-H-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kohlsorte mit dunkel-lilafarbenem Kopf
  2. 2
    daraus bereitetes, gekochtes Gemüse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieses Jahr pflanzt Bauer Heinrich Rotkohl auf seinem Gemüsefeld an.
  2. Rotkohl schmeckt lecker.

Synonyms

BlaukrautRotkraut

Antonyms

GrünkohlWeißkohl

This word in other languages

chou rouge(Français)

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 "Rotkohl"?
"Rotkohl" is spelled R-O-T-K-O-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁoːtˌkoːl].
What does "Rotkohl" mean?
As a noun, "Rotkohl" means: Kohlsorte mit dunkel-lilafarbenem Kopf
How do you pronounce "Rotkohl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rotkohl" is [ˈʁoːtˌkoːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rotkohl" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rädchen#54,847Sandler#54,855protect#54,815Segnung#54,877

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list