knochendürr
[ˈknɔxn̩ˈdʏʁ]
The verdict
“knochendürr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr dünn, schlank, mager
Corpus desk
Index DE-knochendurr · knochendürr · German
knochendürr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | knochendürr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈknɔxn̩ˈdʏʁ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “knochendürr” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
knochendürr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈknɔxn̩ˈdʏʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr dünn, schlank, mager".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for knochendürr, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 knochendürr, spelled K-N-O-C-H-E-N-D-Ü-R-R.
Definition
- 1sehr dünn, schlank, mager
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how knochendürr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Heute [kennt] jeder die [Holocaust-]Befreiungsfotos der knochendürren Gestalten mit den geschorenen Schädeln und den eingesunkenen Gesichtern.“
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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.
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