kommer

[ˈɡ̊ʰʌmʌ]

/[ˈɡ̊ʰʌmʌ]/ verb

The verdict

“kommer” is uncommon German (frequency #87,936 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,936
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präsens Aktiv des Verbs komme

Corpus desk

Index DE-kommer · kommer · German

kommer · rank #87,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,936
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kommata

Nearest frequency peer: Kommata (-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 „kommer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kommer
PropertyValue
Headwordkommer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡ̊ʰʌmʌ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,936
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kommer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kommerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kommata“ (#87,935), „kommissarischen“ (#87,937), „Kompagnon“ (#87,938). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kommer“ bei #87,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kommer is uncommon German at frequency #87,936 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡ̊ʰʌmʌ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präsens Aktiv des Verbs komme".

Zero misspellings are on record for kommer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 kommer, spelled K-O-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präsens Aktiv des Verbs komme

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 "kommer"?
"kommer" is spelled K-O-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡ̊ʰʌmʌ].
What does "kommer" mean?
As a verb, "kommer" means: Präsens Aktiv des Verbs komme
How do you pronounce "kommer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kommer" is [ˈɡ̊ʰʌmʌ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kommer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list