Feinkost

[ˈfaɪ̯nˌkɔst]

/[ˈfaɪ̯nˌkɔst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Feinkost” is uncommon German (frequency #52,078 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,078
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders wohlschmeckende, erlesene Speise

Corpus desk

Index DE-feinkost · Feinkost · German

Feinkost · rank #52,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,078
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fertiger

Nearest frequency peer: fertiger (+1 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 „Feinkost“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Feinkost“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Feinkost
PropertyValue
HeadwordFeinkost
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaɪ̯nˌkɔst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Feinkost“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Feinkostfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fertiger“ (#52,079), „Fachanwalt“ (#52,076), „festgefahren“ (#52,080). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Feinkost“ bei #52,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Feinkost is uncommon German at frequency #52,078 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaɪ̯nˌkɔst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders wohlschmeckende, erlesene Speise".

Feinkost doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Feinkost, spelled F-E-I-N-K-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonders wohlschmeckende, erlesene Speise

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Feinkost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bei uns um die Ecke hat heute ein neuer Laden eröffnet: Dort gibt es französische Weine und Feinkost.

Synonyms

DelikatesseComestibles

This word in other languages

delicatessen(English)épicerie fine(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Feinkost"?
"Feinkost" is spelled F-E-I-N-K-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaɪ̯nˌkɔst].
What does "Feinkost" mean?
As a noun, "Feinkost" means: besonders wohlschmeckende, erlesene Speise
How do you pronounce "Feinkost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Feinkost" is [ˈfaɪ̯nˌkɔst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Feinkost" come from?
"Feinkost" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Feinkost", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fertiger#52,079Facepalm#52,075frisiert#52,093entnervt#52,061

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list