Königsweg

[ˈkøːnɪçsˌveːk]

/[ˈkøːnɪçsˌveːk]/ noun

The verdict

“Königsweg” is uncommon German (frequency #68,417 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,417
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders guter Zugang, ein erstrebtes Ziel zu erreichen

Corpus desk

Index DE-konigsweg · Königsweg · German

Königsweg · rank #68,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,417
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH lakonisch

Nearest frequency peer: lakonisch (+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 „Königsweg“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Königsweg
PropertyValue
HeadwordKönigsweg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkøːnɪçsˌveːk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Königsweg“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „lakonisch“ (#68,418), „lamy“ (#68,419), „Landei“ (#68,420). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Königsweg“ bei #68,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Königsweg is uncommon German at frequency #68,417 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkøːnɪçsˌveːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders guter Zugang, ein erstrebtes Ziel zu erreichen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Königsweg in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Königsweg, spelled K-Ö-N-I-G-S-W-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonders guter Zugang, ein erstrebtes Ziel zu erreichen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Königsweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mit dem Traum war es Freud gelungen, den Königsweg zum Unbewussten zu finden, aber beim Witz ist er weniger erfolgreich gewesen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Königsweg"?
"Königsweg" is spelled K-Ö-N-I-G-S-W-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkøːnɪçsˌveːk].
What does "Königsweg" mean?
As a noun, "Königsweg" means: besonders guter Zugang, ein erstrebtes Ziel zu erreichen
How do you pronounce "Königsweg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Königsweg" is [ˈkøːnɪçsˌveːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list