Grundkapital

[ˈɡʁʊntkapiˌtaːl]

/[ˈɡʁʊntkapiˌtaːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Grundkapital” is uncommon German (frequency #70,341 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,341
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - finanzieller Grundstock für eine Unternehmung

Corpus desk

Index DE-grundkapital · Grundkapital · German

Grundkapital · rank #70,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,341
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grundschulleh…

Nearest frequency peer: Grundschullehrerin (+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 „Grundkapital“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grundkapital
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrundkapital
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁʊntkapiˌtaːl]
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Grundkapital“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grundschullehrerin“ (#70,342), „grobem“ (#70,337), „Gummiband“ (#70,345). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Grundkapital“ bei #70,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grundkapital is uncommon German at frequency #70,341 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁʊntkapiˌtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grundkapital, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Grundkapital, spelled G-R-U-N-D-K-A-P-I-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    finanzieller Grundstock für eine Unternehmung
  2. 2
    finanzieller Grundstock einer Aktiengesellschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Außerdem eröffneten Jack und ich mit einem Grundkapital von drei Dollar einen Laden.“

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 "Grundkapital"?
"Grundkapital" is spelled G-R-U-N-D-K-A-P-I-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁʊntkapiˌtaːl].
What does "Grundkapital" mean?
As a noun, "Grundkapital" means: finanzieller Grundstock für eine Unternehmung
How do you pronounce "Grundkapital"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grundkapital" is [ˈɡʁʊntkapiˌtaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grundkapital" come from?
"Grundkapital" 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 "Grundkapital", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grenzenloser#70,335Goldstandard#70,330getrocknetes#70,321herzlichsten#70,381

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list