Kernaufgabe

[ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə]

/[ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kernaufgabe” is uncommon German (frequency #90,504 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,504
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zentrale, wichtige Aufgabe

Corpus desk

Index DE-kernaufgabe · Kernaufgabe · German

Kernaufgabe · rank #90,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,504
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kerb

Nearest frequency peer: kerb (-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 „Kernaufgabe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kernaufgabe
PropertyValue
HeadwordKernaufgabe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#90,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kernaufgabe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kernaufgabefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kerb“ (#90,503), „Kautsky“ (#90,502), „kauert“ (#90,501). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kernaufgabe“ bei #90,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kernaufgabe is uncommon German at frequency #90,504 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zentrale, wichtige Aufgabe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kernaufgabe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kernaufgabe, spelled K-E-R-N-A-U-F-G-A-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zentrale, wichtige Aufgabe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Durch die zunehmende Privatisierung wird der Einflussbereich für demokratisches Regieren kleiner, die staatliche Macht konzentriert sich auf wenige Kernaufgaben.“
  2. [Der Fraktionsvorsitzende der CDU-Bundestagsfraktion Jens] „Spahn tut sich weiter schwer, Mehrheiten in der Fraktion zu organisieren – was eine der Kernaufgaben eines Fraktionschefs ist.“

Synonyms

Hauptaufgabe

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 "Kernaufgabe"?
"Kernaufgabe" is spelled K-E-R-N-A-U-F-G-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə].
What does "Kernaufgabe" mean?
As a noun, "Kernaufgabe" means: zentrale, wichtige Aufgabe
How do you pronounce "Kernaufgabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kernaufgabe" is [ˈkɛʁnʔaʊ̯fˌɡaːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kernaufgabe" come from?
"Kernaufgabe" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kernaufgabe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kalligrafie#90,494kalibrieren#90,493Kochrezepte#90,520Kunstlehrer#90,539

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list