Glückwunschkarte
[ˈɡlʏkvʊnʃˌkaʁtə]
The verdict
“Glückwunschkarte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Karte mit vorgedrucktem Text und gegebenenfalls Abbildung, mit der man einer bestimmten Person zu einem gegebenen Anlass Glück wünschen kann
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Index DE-gluckwunschkarte · Glückwunschkarte · German
Glückwunschkarte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glückwunschkarte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏkvʊnʃˌkaʁtə] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glückwunschkarte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glückwunschkarte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏkvʊnʃˌkaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Karte mit vorgedrucktem Text und gegebenenfalls Abbildung, mit der man einer bestimmten Person zu einem gegebenen Anlass Glück wünschen kann".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Glückwunschkarte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Glückwunschkarte, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-W-U-N-S-C-H-K-A-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Karte mit vorgedrucktem Text und gegebenenfalls Abbildung, mit der man einer bestimmten Person zu einem gegebenen Anlass Glück wünschen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Glückwunschkarte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Deshalb beschloß er, das Problem dadurch zu lösen, daß er eine Glückwunschkarte kaufte, eine mit einem passenden Vers, und das Geld dazusteckte.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.