Initialkurzwort
[iniˈt͡si̯aːlˌkʊʁt͡svɔʁt]
The verdict
“Initialkurzwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzwort, das aus den Initialen, also den Anfangsbuchstaben der einzelnen Bestandteile des zugrundeliegenden Ausdrucks gebildet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-initialkurzwort · Initialkurzwort · German
Initialkurzwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | Initialkurzwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iniˈt͡si̯aːlˌkʊʁt͡svɔʁt] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Initialkurzwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Initialkurzwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [iniˈt͡si̯aːlˌkʊʁt͡svɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzwort, das aus den Initialen, also den Anfangsbuchstaben der einzelnen Bestandteile des zugrundeliegenden Ausdrucks gebildet ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Initialkurzwort, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Initialkurzwort, spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-K-U-R-Z-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Kurzwort, das aus den Initialen, also den Anfangsbuchstaben der einzelnen Bestandteile des zugrundeliegenden Ausdrucks gebildet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Initialkurzwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beispiele für Initialkurzwörter im Deutschen sind '"CDU", "LKW", "UNO".
„Während die Initialkurzwörter als umstrittener Typ betrachtet werden können, bedürfen die Silbenkurzwörter einer näheren Erläuterung.“
Synonyms
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.