Schleppkahn
[ˈʃlɛpˌkaːn]
The verdict
“Schleppkahn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasserfahrzeug ohne Motor zum Transport von Lasten
Corpus desk
Index DE-schleppkahn · Schleppkahn · German
Schleppkahn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Schleppkahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛpˌkaːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schleppkahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schleppkahn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlɛpˌkaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasserfahrzeug ohne Motor zum Transport von Lasten".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schleppkahn, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Schleppkahn, spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P-K-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Wasserfahrzeug ohne Motor zum Transport von Lasten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schleppkahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hand in Hand mit dem Vater sah ich dem Packpapierschiff hinterher, torkelnd gegen den hohen Wellengang eines Schleppkahns, stromauf aus dem Ruhrgebiet schwer mit Kohle beladen.“
„In Kirchen und Werkshallen stapelten sich die Güter, die mit Schleppkähnen heraufgekommen waren.“
Synonyms
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.