Wildkaninchen
[ˈvɪltkaˌniːnçən]
The verdict
“Wildkaninchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Wildnis lebendes Kaninchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildkaninchen · Wildkaninchen · German
Wildkaninchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Wildkaninchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪltkaˌniːnçən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wildkaninchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wildkaninchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪltkaˌniːnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Wildnis lebendes Kaninchen".
Wildkaninchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wildkaninchen, spelled W-I-L-D-K-A-N-I-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Wildnis lebendes Kaninchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wildkaninchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Europäische Wildkaninchen ist die Stammform all unserer Hauskaninchenrassen („Stallhasen“).“
„In der Schonung wimmelt es von Wildkaninchen.“
Antonyms
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.