Korona
[koˈʁoːna]
The verdict
“Korona” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kreisförmiger Kranz
Corpus desk
Index DE-korona · Korona · German
Korona · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Korona |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈʁoːna] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Korona“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Korona is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈʁoːna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Korona doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Korona, spelled K-O-R-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1kreisförmiger Kranz
- 2Bereich der Sonnenatmosphäre, der oberhalb der Chromosphäre liegt, der Strahlenkranz der Sonne
- 3kreisförmiger Heiligenschein geistlicher Figuren
- 4Prozess, bei dem ein geringer Stromfluss durch Luft oder andere Gase zwischen zwei Elektroden erzeugt werden kann, der meist im Mikroampere-Bereich liegt. Die Korona um eine Ionisationsröhre ist eine kalte, elektrische, diffuse Sprühentladung, die die Luft ionisiert
- 5frohe Runde, froher Kreis
- 6Kranz der Zunge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Korona appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Beugungseffekt, der die Korona erzeugt, muss nicht notwendigerweise durch Wassertröpfchen verursacht werden.“
„Diese Aufgabe übernehmen die Herzkranzgefäße auch Koronararterien genannt (Korona = Kranz, Strahlenkranz).“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.