Coming-out
[ˌkamɪŋˈʔaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“Coming-out” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - öffentliches Bekenntnis zu etwas, insbesondere zur eigenen Homosexualität
Corpus desk
Index DE-coming-out · Coming-out · German
Coming-out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | Coming-out |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkamɪŋˈʔaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Coming-out“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Coming-out is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkamɪŋˈʔaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "öffentliches Bekenntnis zu etwas, insbesondere zur eigenen Homosexualität".
Coming-out has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Coming-out, spelled C-O-M-I-N-G---O-U-T.
Definition
- 1öffentliches Bekenntnis zu etwas, insbesondere zur eigenen Homosexualität
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Coming-out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Relativ neu ist auch, dass von allen Betroffenen, und wer wäre das nicht, ein öffentliches Coming-out, wenn nicht gefordert, so doch erwartet wird.“
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.