kaufmannssprachlich
[ˈkaʊ̯fmansˌʃpʁaːxlɪç]
The verdict
“kaufmannssprachlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der speziellen Sprache der Kaufleute (verfasst, verwendet)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaufmannssprachlich · kaufmannssprachlich · German
kaufmannssprachlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | kaufmannssprachlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkaʊ̯fmansˌʃpʁaːxlɪç] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kaufmannssprachlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kaufmannssprachlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkaʊ̯fmansˌʃpʁaːxlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der speziellen Sprache der Kaufleute (verfasst, verwendet)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kaufmannssprachlich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kaufmannssprachlich, spelled K-A-U-F-M-A-N-N-S-S-P-R-A-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in der speziellen Sprache der Kaufleute (verfasst, verwendet)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kaufmannssprachlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn es gibt Kaufleute, die in ihrem persönlichen Briefwechsel die Sprache durchaus regelrecht anwenden, in ihren Geschäftsbriefen jedoch an den kaufmannssprachlichen Sonderformen wie an einem Berufsmerkmal festhalten […].“
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.