Cut

/[kʌt]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,045

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Cut is aGermannoun. It means: kurz für Cutaway, festlicher Anzug für den Tag Pronounced [kʌt]. Often confused with cz and CVP.

Key facts for Cut
PropertyValue
HeadwordCut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʌt]
Letters3
Frequency rank#12,045
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Cut in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Cut is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʌt]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,045 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Cut in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cz", "CVP", "C", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Cut, spelled C-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurz für Cutaway, festlicher Anzug für den Tag
  2. 2
    Schnittstelle, Trennstelle zwischen zwei Einstellungen
  3. 3
    vom Disc Jockey gestalteter Übergang zwischen zwei Songs
  4. 4
    bei einem vierrundigen Golfturnier die Schlaganzahl nach zwei Runden, die zur Teilnahme an den beiden letzten Runden berechtigt
  5. 5
    Verletzung, Riss der Haut
  6. 6
    Ereignis, nach dem eine Situation deutlich anders ist als vorher

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #12,045 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cut"?
"Cut" is spelled C-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kʌt].
What does "Cut" mean?
As a noun, "Cut" means: kurz für Cutaway, festlicher Anzug für den Tag
What words are commonly confused with "Cut"?
"Cut" is commonly confused with "cz", "CVP", "C". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cut" is [kʌt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cut" come from?
"Cut" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.