Karbunkel
[kaʁˈbʊŋkl̩]
The verdict
“Karbunkel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großes, tief liegendes Geschwür, das aus mehreren nebeneinanderliegenden Furunkeln besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-karbunkel · Karbunkel · German
Karbunkel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Karbunkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaʁˈbʊŋkl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Karbunkel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Karbunkel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaʁˈbʊŋkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großes, tief liegendes Geschwür, das aus mehreren nebeneinanderliegenden Furunkeln besteht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Karbunkel in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is Karbunkel, spelled K-A-R-B-U-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1großes, tief liegendes Geschwür, das aus mehreren nebeneinanderliegenden Furunkeln besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Karbunkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Furunkel und Karbunkel treten gehäuft bei Diabetes auf und können ein Hinweis auf diese Erkrankung sein.
Ein Karbunkel im Nacken wächst sich im Lauf der Erzählungen zu einer napfgroßen Geschwulst aus.
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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.