körnig
[ˈkœʁnɪç]
The verdict
“körnig” is uncommon German (frequency #86,730 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,730
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus kleinen Körnern (beispielsweise Sand, Reis, Weizen) bestehend oder Körner enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kornig · körnig · German
körnig · rank #86,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,730
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Küchenmaschine
Nearest frequency peer: Küchenmaschine (+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 „körnig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kultische
kultische
13,278 corpus weight
- Kurorte
Kurorte
13,276 corpus weight
- körnig
körnig
13,271 corpus weight
- Küchenmasch…
Küchenmaschine
13,270 corpus weight
- Künstlerkol…
Künstlerkolonie
13,269 corpus weight
- Laach
Laach
13,268 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „körnig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | körnig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkœʁnɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „körnig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
körnig is uncommon German at frequency #86,730 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkœʁnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for körnig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 körnig, spelled K-Ö-R-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1aus kleinen Körnern (beispielsweise Sand, Reis, Weizen) bestehend oder Körner enthaltend
- 2eine rauhe Oberfläche aufweisend
- 3scheinbar aus vielen Punkten zusammengesetzt; die kleinsten Strukturen nicht mehr auflösend durch eine hohe Empfindlichkeit des Films (hohe ISO-Zahl), was früher große (und damit bei Vergrößerung sichtbare) Silberiodid-/Silberbromid-Kristalle auf dem Trägermaterial des Films voraussetzte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how körnig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Scharf, süß oder körnig – Senf gibt es in den verschiedensten Variationen.“
[Paella:] „Wenn das Wasser verdampft ist, der Reis aber noch körnig ist, Wasser nachgießen.“
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.
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