Komparse
[kɔmˈpaʁzə]
The verdict
“Komparse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Darsteller, vor allem in einem Film oder einem Theaterstück, welcher keine tragende Rolle spielt und oftmals gänzlich stumm bleibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-komparse · Komparse · German
Komparse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Komparse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔmˈpaʁzə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Komparse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Komparse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmˈpaʁzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Darsteller, vor allem in einem Film oder einem Theaterstück, welcher keine tragende Rolle spielt und oftmals gänzlich stumm bleibt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Komparse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Komparse, spelled K-O-M-P-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Darsteller, vor allem in einem Film oder einem Theaterstück, welcher keine tragende Rolle spielt und oftmals gänzlich stumm bleibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Komparse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Soaps gibt es viele Komparsen.
„Noch ist das Herzstück des Hauptstadtflughafens eine Baustelle. Rund 10000 Komparsen testen bis Mai das Konzept der kurzen Wege — vom Check-in über die Sicherheitskontrolle bis zum Boarding.“
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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.