cum laude
[kʊm ˈlaʊ̯də]
The verdict
“cum laude” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drittbestes Prädikat, das in Deutschland für eine Doktorarbeit vergeben wird, gut
Corpus desk
Index DE-cum-laude · cum laude · German
cum laude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | cum laude |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [kʊm ˈlaʊ̯də] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cum laude“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cum laude is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [kʊm ˈlaʊ̯də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drittbestes Prädikat, das in Deutschland für eine Doktorarbeit vergeben wird, gut".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cum laude, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is cum laude, spelled C-U-M- -L-A-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1drittbestes Prädikat, das in Deutschland für eine Doktorarbeit vergeben wird, gut
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cum laude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat seine Doktorarbeit cum laude abgeschlossen.
Synonyms
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.