Volksküche
[ˈfɔlksˌkʏçə]
The verdict
“Volksküche” 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) - wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet
Corpus desk
Index DE-volkskuche · Volksküche · German
Volksküche · 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 "V" 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 | Volksküche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlksˌkʏçə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Volksküche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Volksküche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksˌkʏçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Volksküche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Volksküche, spelled V-O-L-K-S-K-Ü-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1wohltätige Einrichtung, die Essen kostenlos oder gegen ein geringfügiges Entgelt für Bedürftige anbietet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Volksküche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Freiburgs Volksküche, einer Armenspeisung der kommunalen Wohlfahrt, waren 1913 täglich rund 1100 warme Gerichte ausgegeben worden.“
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.