kess
[kɛs]
The verdict
“kess” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jung, hübsch und dabei unbekümmert, lebenslustig
Corpus desk
Index DE-kess · kess · German
kess · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | kess |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɛs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kess“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kess is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
kess has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kess, spelled K-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1jung, hübsch und dabei unbekümmert, lebenslustig
- 2(auf nicht kränkende Weise) ein wenig vorlaut, unverschämt, respektlos
- 3(auf dreiste Weise) der aktuellen Mode entsprechend, folgend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mein Emil is ne kesse Nummer, / er hat schon manchen abgekehlt, / doch fürcht’ er sich vor jedem Brummer, / so jut is er, so zart beseelt.“
Die Kleine ist ganz schön kess.
This word in other languages
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.