konkav

[kɔŋˈkaːf]

/[kɔŋˈkaːf]/ adj

The verdict

“konkav” is uncommon German (frequency #64,439 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,439
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach innen gewölbt, vom Betrachter aus gesehen von ihm weg gewölbt

Corpus desk

Index DE-konkav · konkav · German

konkav · rank #64,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,439
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Konjunktion

Nearest frequency peer: Konjunktion (-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 „konkav“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for konkav
PropertyValue
Headwordkonkav
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔŋˈkaːf]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,439
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „konkav“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).konkavfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Konjunktion“ (#64,438), „Konsuln“ (#64,440), „konfus“ (#64,437). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „konkav“ bei #64,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

konkav is uncommon German at frequency #64,439 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔŋˈkaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach innen gewölbt, vom Betrachter aus gesehen von ihm weg gewölbt".

konkav doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is konkav, spelled K-O-N-K-A-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach innen gewölbt, vom Betrachter aus gesehen von ihm weg gewölbt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wenn man die Medaillen mit den Händen erforscht, entdeckt man, dass sie konkav und komplex sind, weil sie eine universelle Botschaft transportieren.“
  2. Es gibt eine Vielzahl von verschiedenen Linsen. Die wichtigste Unterscheidung ist die zwischen Sammellinsen (konvexen Linsen) und Zerstreuungslinsen (konkaven Linsen), …

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Antonyms

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 "konkav"?
"konkav" is spelled K-O-N-K-A-V. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔŋˈkaːf].
What does "konkav" mean?
As an adjective, "konkav" means: nach innen gewölbt, vom Betrachter aus gesehen von ihm weg gewölbt
How do you pronounce "konkav"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "konkav" is [kɔŋˈkaːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "konkav" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list