Kernfrage
[ˈkɛʁnˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Kernfrage” is uncommon German (frequency #76,957 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,957
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grundlegende, wichtigste Frage
Corpus desk
Index DE-kernfrage · Kernfrage · German
Kernfrage · rank #76,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,957
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH keimt
Nearest frequency peer: keimt (-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 „Kernfrage“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kardiologe
Kardiologe
23,050 corpus weight
- Kaskade
Kaskade
23,048 corpus weight
- keimt
keimt
23,045 corpus weight
- Kernfrage
Kernfrage
23,044 corpus weight
- KHM
KHM
23,043 corpus weight
- kiloweise
kiloweise
23,041 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kernfrage“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kernfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛʁnˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kernfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kernfrage is uncommon German at frequency #76,957 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛʁnˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grundlegende, wichtigste Frage".
Kernfrage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kernfrage, spelled K-E-R-N-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1grundlegende, wichtigste Frage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kernfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Thomas weiß, zumindest spürt er deutlicher, dass Almuth seine Kernfrage nicht beantworten wird.“
Antonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).