Kolben
\kol.bən\
The verdict
“Kolben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En général, objet en forme de massue, ou sa partie élargie (voir dérivés).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kolben · Kolben · French
Kolben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kolben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kol.bən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kolben » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kolben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kol.bən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Kolben has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Kolben, spelled K-O-L-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1En général, objet en forme de massue, ou sa partie élargie (voir dérivés).
- 2Piston, bloc mobile à l'intérieur d'un cylindre d'un moteur dont le mouvement est provoqué par l'explosion du mélange carburant / comburant.
- 3Crosse d'un fusil → voir Gewehrkolben.
- 4Spadice.
- 5Récipient comportant un élargissement : flacon, ballon, verre à pied, flasque (par opposition à un bécher, à profil plutôt égal).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kolben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeder Kolben wird mit der Kurbelstange über seine Pleuelstange mechanisch verbunden.
Bei manchen Gewehren besteht der Kolben aus Holz.
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.