Aikido
[aɪ̯ˈkiːdo]
The verdict
“Aikido” is uncommon German (frequency #67,964 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,964
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Kampfkunst, bei der die beiden Aikido-Techniken Wurftechnik und Hebel verwendet werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-aikido · Aikido · German
Aikido · rank #67,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,964
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH akzeptabler
Nearest frequency peer: akzeptabler (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Aikido“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- adios
adios
32,041 corpus weight
- Adlern
Adlern
32,040 corpus weight
- advice
advice
32,039 corpus weight
- Aikido
Aikido
32,037 corpus weight
- akzeptabler
akzeptabler
32,036 corpus weight
- Allens
Allens
32,034 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aikido“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aikido |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɪ̯ˈkiːdo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aikido“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aikido is uncommon German at frequency #67,964 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɪ̯ˈkiːdo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Kampfkunst, bei der die beiden Aikido-Techniken Wurftechnik und Hebel verwendet werden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Aikido in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Aikido, spelled A-I-K-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1eine Kampfkunst, bei der die beiden Aikido-Techniken Wurftechnik und Hebel verwendet werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aikido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aikido ist eine moderne japanische Kampfkunst.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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