Gegenwartskunst
[ˈɡeːɡŋ̩vaʁt͡sˌkʊnst]
The verdict
“Gegenwartskunst” is uncommon German (frequency #61,528 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,528
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Gegenwart entstammende Kunst, zeitgenössische Kunst
Corpus desk
Index DE-gegenwartskunst · Gegenwartskunst · German
Gegenwartskunst · rank #61,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,528
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geflohenen
Nearest frequency peer: geflohenen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gegenwartskunst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gefasel
Gefasel
38,476 corpus weight
- gefiederten
gefiederten
38,475 corpus weight
- geflohenen
geflohenen
38,474 corpus weight
- Gegenwartsk…
Gegenwartskunst
38,473 corpus weight
- gegenwärtig…
gegenwärtiger
38,472 corpus weight
- geglaubte
geglaubte
38,471 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gegenwartskunst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegenwartskunst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡŋ̩vaʁt͡sˌkʊnst] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #61,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gegenwartskunst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gegenwartskunst is uncommon German at frequency #61,528 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡŋ̩vaʁt͡sˌkʊnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Gegenwart entstammende Kunst, zeitgenössische Kunst".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gegenwartskunst in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gegenwartskunst, spelled G-E-G-E-N-W-A-R-T-S-K-U-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1der Gegenwart entstammende Kunst, zeitgenössische Kunst
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gegenwartskunst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 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.