Abkunft
[ˈapkʊnft]
The verdict
“Abkunft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - familiäre, nationale, kulturelle Herkunft
Corpus desk
Index DE-abkunft · Abkunft · German
Abkunft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | Abkunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapkʊnft] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abkunft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abkunft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapkʊnft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "familiäre, nationale, kulturelle Herkunft".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Abkunft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Abkunft, spelled A-B-K-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1familiäre, nationale, kulturelle Herkunft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abkunft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zum besseren Verständnis dieses Gefühls muß man sich vergegenwärtigen, wie stark Menschen von aristokratischer Abkunft das Familienehrgefühl im Blut sitzt.“
This word in other languages
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.