Konkubine

[kɔnkuˈbiːnə]

/[kɔnkuˈbiːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Konkubine” is uncommon German (frequency #91,831 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,831
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Frau, die im Konkubinat lebt

Corpus desk

Index DE-konkubine · Konkubine · German

Konkubine · rank #91,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,831
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kongresshalle

Nearest frequency peer: Kongresshalle (-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 „Konkubine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Konkubine
PropertyValue
HeadwordKonkubine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔnkuˈbiːnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Konkubine“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kongresshalle“ (#91,830), „Konfekt“ (#91,829), „Kontaktes“ (#91,833). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Konkubine“ bei #91,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Konkubine is uncommon German at frequency #91,831 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔnkuˈbiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Konkubine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Konkubine, spelled K-O-N-K-U-B-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Frau, die im Konkubinat lebt
  2. 2
    abwertend für Geliebte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die meisten versprachen, ihre Konkubinen wegzuschicken, einige weigerten sich.“
  2. „Ja, woher wissen sie denn, dass es sich um meine angebliche Konkubine handelt?“

Antonyms

Ehefrau

This word in other languages

concubine(English)concubina(Español)

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 "Konkubine"?
"Konkubine" is spelled K-O-N-K-U-B-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnkuˈbiːnə].
What does "Konkubine" mean?
As a noun, "Konkubine" means: eine Frau, die im Konkubinat lebt
How do you pronounce "Konkubine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Konkubine" is [kɔnkuˈbiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Konkubine" come from?
"Konkubine" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Kontaktes#91,833Klopstock#91,821kreuzigen#91,844kränklich#91,849

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list