Fünfkampf

/[ˈfʏnfˌkamp͡f]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#67,237

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Fünfkampf is aGermannoun. It means: ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus mehreren Einzelwettbewerben besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird Pronounced [ˈfʏnfˌkamp͡f].

Key facts for Fünfkampf
PropertyValue
HeadwordFünfkampf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʏnfˌkamp͡f]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Fünfkampf is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʏnfˌkamp͡f]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,237 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Fünfkampf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Fünfkampf, spelled F-Ü-N-F-K-A-M-P-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus mehreren Einzelwettbewerben besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird
  2. 2
    antiker Fünfkampf, auch als Pentathlon bezeichnet
  3. 3
    moderner Fünfkampf
  4. 4
    ehemalige Leichtathletik-Disziplin

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #67,237 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fünfkampf"?
"Fünfkampf" is spelled F-Ü-N-F-K-A-M-P-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʏnfˌkamp͡f].
What does "Fünfkampf" mean?
As a noun, "Fünfkampf" means: ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus mehreren Einzelwettbewerben besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird
How do you pronounce "Fünfkampf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fünfkampf" is [ˈfʏnfˌkamp͡f]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fünfkampf" come from?
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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.