coon

[kuːn]

/[kuːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“coon” is uncommon German (frequency #94,103 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,103
frequency rank, German
20,081
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (ursprünglich nur in den Wäldern Nordamerikas beheimateter, seit spätestens Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts auch in Europa, im Kaukasus und in Japan vorkommender, mittlerweile auch in Parks und in von M...

Key facts for coon
PropertyValue
Headwordcoon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuːn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#94,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coon” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). coon lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coon is uncommon German at frequency #94,103 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

coon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is coon, spelled C-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (ursprünglich nur in den Wäldern Nordamerikas beheimateter, seit spätestens Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts auch in Europa, im Kaukasus und in Japan vorkommender, mittlerweile auch in Parks und in von Menschen besiedelten Orten vordringender und sich Futter aus Abfallbehältern holender) nachtaktiver, allesfressender Vertreter der Familie der Kleinbären (Procyon lotor) mit kurzer, spitzer Schnauze, einer maskenartigen, schwarz gefärbten Gesichtszeichnung um die Augen und langem, buschigem, schwarz geringeltem Schwanz, dessen Fell unterschiedliche Grau- und/oder Brauntöne besitzt
  2. 2
    rassistisch beleidigende Fremdbezeichnung für eine Person mit dunkler Hautfarbe

Synonyms

raccoonracooncommon raccoonNorth American raccoonnorthern raccoonNordamerikadumpster banditdumpster pandagarbage pandatrash panda

Antonyms

raccoon dog

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coon"?
"coon" is spelled C-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kuːn].
What does "coon" mean?
As a noun, "coon" means: (ursprünglich nur in den Wäldern Nordamerikas beheimateter, seit spätestens Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts auch in Europa, im Kaukasus und in Japan vorkommender, mittlerweile auch in Parks und in von M...
How do you pronounce "coon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coon" is [kuːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coon" come from?
"coon" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “coon”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is C-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kuːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list