Courante
[kuˈʁɑ̃ːt]
The verdict
“Courante” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schneller altfranzösischer Tanz in einem Dreiertakt
Corpus desk
Index DE-courante · Courante · German
Courante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Courante |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈʁɑ̃ːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Courante“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Courante is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuˈʁɑ̃ːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Courante, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Courante, spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1schneller altfranzösischer Tanz in einem Dreiertakt
- 2rascher Satz der Suite, insbesondere im 18. Jahrhundert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Courante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Ball am Hofe Ludwigs XIV. wurde mit einer Courante eröffnet.
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.