Silbenkern
[ˈzɪlbn̩ˌkɛʁn]
The verdict
“Silbenkern” 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) - der Teil der Silbe, der aus einem Vokal, Diphthong oder Sonant besteht und der in einer Silbe immer vorhanden sein muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-silbenkern · Silbenkern · German
Silbenkern · 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 "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 | Silbenkern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌkɛʁn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Silbenkern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Silbenkern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌkɛʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Teil der Silbe, der aus einem Vokal, Diphthong oder Sonant besteht und der in einer Silbe immer vorhanden sein muss".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Silbenkern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Silbenkern, spelled S-I-L-B-E-N-K-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1der Teil der Silbe, der aus einem Vokal, Diphthong oder Sonant besteht und der in einer Silbe immer vorhanden sein muss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Silbenkern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dem Wort "Herbst" bildet der Laut [ɛ] den Silbenkern; in "Ei" ist der Diphthong [aɪ̯] der Silbenkern, er macht in diesem Fall aber auch allein die ganze Silbe und das Wort aus. In dem Wort "kannten" ([kantn̩]) ist der silbische Sonant [n̩] ein Silbenkern.
„Als Silbenkern können Vokoide und die genannten Kontoide Vokale genannt werden.“
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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.