kontroverser

[kɔntʁoˈvɛʁzɐ]

/[kɔntʁoˈvɛʁzɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“kontroverser” is uncommon German (frequency #75,880 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,880
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers

Corpus desk

Index DE-kontroverser · kontroverser · German

kontroverser · rank #75,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,880
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH konventionell…

Nearest frequency peer: konventionelles (+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 „kontroverser“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kontroverser
PropertyValue
Headwordkontroverser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɔntʁoˈvɛʁzɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,880
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kontroverser“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kontroverserfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „konventionelles“ (#75,881), „Kordel“ (#75,882), „Konsumgesellschaft“ (#75,877). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kontroverser“ bei #75,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kontroverser is uncommon German at frequency #75,880 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔntʁoˈvɛʁzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

kontroverser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kontroverser, spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers

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 "kontroverser"?
"kontroverser" is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔntʁoˈvɛʁzɐ].
What does "kontroverser" mean?
As an adjective, "kontroverser" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs kontrovers
How do you pronounce "kontroverser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kontroverser" is [kɔntʁoˈvɛʁzɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kontroverser" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

korrigierten#75,883kostenfreies#75,884Kriegsgefahr#75,889Kupferstiche#75,895

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list