kontemporär
[kɔnˌtɛmpoˈʁɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“kontemporär” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur selben Zeit mit etwas anderem ablaufend; „zeitgenössisch“
Corpus desk
Index DE-kontemporar · kontemporär · German
kontemporär · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kontemporär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔnˌtɛmpoˈʁɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kontemporär“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kontemporär is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔnˌtɛmpoˈʁɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur selben Zeit mit etwas anderem ablaufend; „zeitgenössisch“".
Zero misspellings are on record for kontemporär in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kontemporär, spelled K-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1zur selben Zeit mit etwas anderem ablaufend; „zeitgenössisch“
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kontemporär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Goethe und Schiller lebten kontemporär.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.