Köchel number

noun

A number assigned to each work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Meanings

nounKöchel number (plural Köchel numbers)

plural Köchel numbers

  1. A number assigned to each work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Every Mozart piece has a Köchel number. The Fourth Concerto is K. 218, and the highest Köchel number is 626. I was spending my summer with a Köchel number.

    2014, Virginia Euwer Wolff, The Mozart Season, Square Fish, →ISBN, page 78

    Synonyms: K

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA number assigned to each work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Origin

Named after Austrian musicologist Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800–1877).

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Köchel number. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6chel%20number

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“Köchel number.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6chel%20number. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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