Suppenküche

[ˈzʊpn̩ˌkʏçə]

/[ˈzʊpn̩ˌkʏçə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Suppenküche” is uncommon German (frequency #83,361 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,361
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet

Corpus desk

Index DE-suppenkuche · Suppenküche · German

Suppenküche · rank #83,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,361
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH suhlen

Nearest frequency peer: suhlen (-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 „Suppenküche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Suppenküche
PropertyValue
HeadwordSuppenküche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzʊpn̩ˌkʏçə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Suppenküche“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „suhlen“ (#83,360), „sweetheart“ (#83,362), „Störenfriede“ (#83,358). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Suppenküche“ bei #83,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Suppenküche is uncommon German at frequency #83,361 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzʊpn̩ˌkʏçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Suppenküche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Suppenküche, spelled S-U-P-P-E-N-K-Ü-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Suppenküche soll im Sommer wieder an den alten Standort zurückkehren.“

Synonyms

ArmenkücheVolkskücheAuskocherei

This word in other languages

soupe populaire(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 "Suppenküche"?
"Suppenküche" is spelled S-U-P-P-E-N-K-Ü-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzʊpn̩ˌkʏçə].
What does "Suppenküche" mean?
As a noun, "Suppenküche" means: wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet
How do you pronounce "Suppenküche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Suppenküche" is [ˈzʊpn̩ˌkʏçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Suppenküche" come from?
"Suppenküche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list