Coup d’État
[kudeˈta]
The verdict
“Coup d’État” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - organisierter Versuch, die Macht auf illegalem und/oder verfassungswidrigem Weg zu gewinnen
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Index DE-coup-d-etat · Coup d’État · German
Coup d’État · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Coup d’État |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kudeˈta] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Coup d’État“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Coup d’État is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kudeˈta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "organisierter Versuch, die Macht auf illegalem und/oder verfassungswidrigem Weg zu gewinnen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Coup d’État, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Coup d’État, spelled C-O-U-P- -D-’-É-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1organisierter Versuch, die Macht auf illegalem und/oder verfassungswidrigem Weg zu gewinnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Coup d’État appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der französische General Napoleon Bonaparte kam durch einen Coup d’État an die Macht und beendete damit die französische Revolution und wurde Kaiser.
Despoten stürzen oft durch einen Coup d’État des Militärs die amtierenden Regierungen statt durch freie Wahlen.
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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.