Kontrahent

[kɔntʁaˈhɛnt]

/[kɔntʁaˈhɛnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kontrahent” is uncommon German (frequency #74,788 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,788
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der gegen jemanden antritt; ein Gegner in einer Wettkampf- oder Konfliktsituation

Corpus desk

Index DE-kontrahent · Kontrahent · German

Kontrahent · rank #74,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,788
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kontinentale

Nearest frequency peer: kontinentale (-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 „Kontrahent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kontrahent
PropertyValue
HeadwordKontrahent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔntʁaˈhɛnt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,788
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kontrahent“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kontinentale“ (#74,787), „Kongresswahlen“ (#74,786), „konforme“ (#74,785). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kontrahent“ bei #74,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kontrahent is uncommon German at frequency #74,788 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔntʁaˈhɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Kontrahent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Kontrahent, spelled K-O-N-T-R-A-H-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der gegen jemanden antritt; ein Gegner in einer Wettkampf- oder Konfliktsituation
  2. 2
    Vertragspartner

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Kontrahenten haben den Ring betreten und starren sich entschlossen an.
  2. „Allfälliger Kontrahent und eventueller Partner der Donaumonarchie in ihrer Balkanpolitik war in erster Linie das Zarenreich.“

Synonyms

GegenspielerGegnerRivaleWettkämpfer

Antonyms

Gegenkontrahent

This word in other languages

opponent(English)adversario(Español)opposant(Français)

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 "Kontrahent"?
"Kontrahent" is spelled K-O-N-T-R-A-H-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔntʁaˈhɛnt].
What does "Kontrahent" mean?
As a noun, "Kontrahent" means: jemand, der gegen jemanden antritt; ein Gegner in einer Wettkampf- oder Konfliktsituation
How do you pronounce "Kontrahent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kontrahent" is [kɔntʁaˈhɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kontrahent" come from?
"Kontrahent" 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 "Kontrahent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list