Konfrontationskurs
[kɔnfʁɔntaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkʊʁs]
The verdict
“Konfrontationskurs” is uncommon German (frequency #82,973 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,973
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten, bei dem ein mögliches Aufeinanderprallen unterschiedlicher Ansichten und Ziele hingenommen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-konfrontationskurs · Konfrontationskurs · German
Konfrontationskurs · rank #82,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,973
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kompiliert
Nearest frequency peer: kompiliert (-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 „Konfrontationskurs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kommunikati…
Kommunikationssystem
17,031 corpus weight
- Kommunistin
Kommunistin
17,030 corpus weight
- kompiliert
kompiliert
17,029 corpus weight
- Konfrontati…
Konfrontationskurs
17,028 corpus weight
- konfrontier…
konfrontierte
17,027 corpus weight
- Konjunkturp…
Konjunkturprogramm
17,026 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Konfrontationskurs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Konfrontationskurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔnfʁɔntaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkʊʁs] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #82,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Konfrontationskurs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Konfrontationskurs is uncommon German at frequency #82,973 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔnfʁɔntaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌkʊʁs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten, bei dem ein mögliches Aufeinanderprallen unterschiedlicher Ansichten und Ziele hingenommen wird".
Konfrontationskurs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Konfrontationskurs, spelled K-O-N-F-R-O-N-T-A-T-I-O-N-S-K-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Verhalten, bei dem ein mögliches Aufeinanderprallen unterschiedlicher Ansichten und Ziele hingenommen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Konfrontationskurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da man sich durch die Arbeit in Mississippi und anderen südlichen Bundesstaaten bestärkt fühlte sich aktiv für die Wahrung von Bürgerrechten einzusetzen, entschieden sich viele Studenten dafür, mit der Universitätsleitung auf Konfrontationskurs zu gehen.“
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).