Kompanien

[kɔmpaˈniːən]

/[kɔmpaˈniːən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kompanien” is uncommon German (frequency #55,471 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,471
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kompanie

Corpus desk

Index DE-kompanien · Kompanien · German

Kompanien · rank #55,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,471
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kommentierten

Nearest frequency peer: kommentierten (-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 „Kompanien“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kompanien
PropertyValue
HeadwordKompanien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔmpaˈniːən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,471
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kompanien“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kommentierten“ (#55,470), „Konfrontationen“ (#55,472), „Kohlekraftwerk“ (#55,469). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kompanien“ bei #55,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kompanien is uncommon German at frequency #55,471 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmpaˈniːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kompanien, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Kompanien, spelled K-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kompanie
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Kompanie
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kompanie
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Kompanie

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 "Kompanien"?
"Kompanien" is spelled K-O-M-P-A-N-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔmpaˈniːən].
What does "Kompanien" mean?
As a noun, "Kompanien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kompanie
How do you pronounce "Kompanien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kompanien" is [kɔmpaˈniːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kompanien" come from?
"Kompanien" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kronstadt#55,485landscape#55,500induziert#55,438Luftröhre#55,523

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list