Cyberpunk
[ˈsaɪ̯bɐˌpaŋk]
The verdict
“Cyberpunk” is uncommon German (frequency #85,089 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,089
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Subgenre innerhalb der Science-Fiction, das sich durch urbane, dicht bevölkerte Umgebungen, sowie eine pessimistische Grundstimmung auszeichnet und in dem häufig Hochtechnologie verwendet wird, um ...
Corpus desk
Index DE-cyberpunk · Cyberpunk · German
Cyberpunk · rank #85,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,089
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 20,081
- PHOTO-FINISH Damoklesschwe…
Nearest frequency peer: Damoklesschwert (+4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Cyberpunk”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Codein
Codein
14,921 corpus weight
- computerges…
computergestützte
14,920 corpus weight
- Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
14,912 corpus weight
- Damoklessch…
Damoklesschwert
14,908 corpus weight
- danni
danni
14,907 corpus weight
- Dauerfeuer
Dauerfeuer
14,904 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Cyberpunk” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cyberpunk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsaɪ̯bɐˌpaŋk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cyberpunk” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cyberpunk is uncommon German at frequency #85,089 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsaɪ̯bɐˌpaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Subgenre innerhalb der Science-Fiction, das sich durch urbane, dicht bevölkerte Umgebungen, sowie eine pessimistische Grundstimmung auszeichnet und in dem häufig Hochtechnologie verwendet wird, um ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cyberpunk in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Cyberpunk, spelled C-Y-B-E-R-P-U-N-K.
Definition
- 1Subgenre innerhalb der Science-Fiction, das sich durch urbane, dicht bevölkerte Umgebungen, sowie eine pessimistische Grundstimmung auszeichnet und in dem häufig Hochtechnologie verwendet wird, um Menschen unfrei zu machen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cyberpunk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.