Soundkarte

[ˈsaʊ̯ntˌkaʁtə]

/[ˈsaʊ̯ntˌkaʁtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Soundkarte” is uncommon German (frequency #88,305 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,305
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Komponente eines Computers zur Verarbeitung analoger und digitaler Audiosignale

Corpus desk

Index DE-soundkarte · Soundkarte · German

Soundkarte · rank #88,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,305
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sontra

Nearest frequency peer: Sontra (-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 „Soundkarte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Soundkarte
PropertyValue
HeadwordSoundkarte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsaʊ̯ntˌkaʁtə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,305
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Soundkarte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Soundkartefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sontra“ (#88,304), „sourcing“ (#88,306), „Sondierungsgespräche“ (#88,303). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Soundkarte“ bei #88,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Soundkarte is uncommon German at frequency #88,305 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsaʊ̯ntˌkaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Komponente eines Computers zur Verarbeitung analoger und digitaler Audiosignale".

No misspelling variants are generated for Soundkarte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Soundkarte, spelled S-O-U-N-D-K-A-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Komponente eines Computers zur Verarbeitung analoger und digitaler Audiosignale

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die Soundkarte im Computer ist zuständig für die Klangerzeugung.

Synonyms

Audiokarte

This word in other languages

carte son(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 "Soundkarte"?
"Soundkarte" is spelled S-O-U-N-D-K-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsaʊ̯ntˌkaʁtə].
What does "Soundkarte" mean?
As a noun, "Soundkarte" means: Komponente eines Computers zur Verarbeitung analoger und digitaler Audiosignale
How do you pronounce "Soundkarte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Soundkarte" is [ˈsaʊ̯ntˌkaʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Soundkarte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spieltrieb#88,314Sizilianer#88,290Startlinie#88,325Steinmetze#88,330

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list