Komplementäre

[kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːʁə]

/[kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Komplementäre” is uncommon German (frequency #75,871 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,871
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-komplementare · Komplementäre · German

Komplementäre · rank #75,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,871
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kommis

Nearest frequency peer: Kommis (-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 „Komplementäre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Komplementäre
PropertyValue
HeadwordKomplementäre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːʁə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#75,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Komplementäre“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kommis“ (#75,870), „Kompott“ (#75,872), „kollegiale“ (#75,869). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Komplementäre“ bei #75,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Komplementäre is uncommon German at frequency #75,871 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Komplementäre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Komplementäre, spelled K-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-Ä-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Komplementär
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Komplementär
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Komplementär

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 "Komplementäre"?
"Komplementäre" is spelled K-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːʁə].
What does "Komplementäre" mean?
As a noun, "Komplementäre" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Komplementär
How do you pronounce "Komplementäre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Komplementäre" is [kɔmplemɛnˈtɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Komplementäre" come from?
"Komplementäre" 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 "Komplementäre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kaputtgemacht#75,843Kapitalmärkte#75,842Kalenderblatt#75,836Intransparenz#75,811

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list