Crashkurs
[ˈkʁɛʃˌkʊʁs]
The verdict
“Crashkurs” is uncommon German (frequency #64,163 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,163
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurs, der in kurzer Zeit die wichtigsten Aspekte eines Themas lehrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-crashkurs · Crashkurs · German
Crashkurs · rank #64,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,163
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH curse
Nearest frequency peer: curse (+3 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 „Crashkurs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- clinic
clinic
35,846 corpus weight
- coding
coding
35,845 corpus weight
- colours
colours
35,842 corpus weight
- Crashkurs
Crashkurs
35,838 corpus weight
- curse
curse
35,835 corpus weight
- dalli
dalli
35,833 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Crashkurs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Crashkurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɛʃˌkʊʁs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Crashkurs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Crashkurs is uncommon German at frequency #64,163 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɛʃˌkʊʁs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurs, der in kurzer Zeit die wichtigsten Aspekte eines Themas lehrt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Crashkurs in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Crashkurs, spelled C-R-A-S-H-K-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Kurs, der in kurzer Zeit die wichtigsten Aspekte eines Themas lehrt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Crashkurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe in einem Crashkurs Italienisch gelernt.
„Den Crashkurs, den die Union jetzt in der Energiepolitik absolviert, hat Töpfer als allmählichen Meinungswandel in den achtziger Jahren hinter sich gebracht.“
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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