Körpergeruch
[ˈkœʁpɐɡəˌʁʊx]
The verdict
“Körpergeruch” is uncommon German (frequency #95,865 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,865
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geruch, den ein (meist menschlicher) Körper über Körperausdünstungen wie Schweiß abgibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-korpergeruch · Körpergeruch · German
Körpergeruch · rank #95,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,865
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Köppe
Nearest frequency peer: Köppe (-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 „Körpergeruch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Käser
Käser
4,139 corpus weight
- königsblauen
königsblauen
4,138 corpus weight
- Köppe
Köppe
4,137 corpus weight
- Körpergeruch
Körpergeruch
4,136 corpus weight
- Kötzting
Kötzting
4,135 corpus weight
- Kühlraum
Kühlraum
4,134 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Körpergeruch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Körpergeruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkœʁpɐɡəˌʁʊx] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #95,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Körpergeruch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Körpergeruch is uncommon German at frequency #95,865 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkœʁpɐɡəˌʁʊx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geruch, den ein (meist menschlicher) Körper über Körperausdünstungen wie Schweiß abgibt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Körpergeruch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Körpergeruch, spelled K-Ö-R-P-E-R-G-E-R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Geruch, den ein (meist menschlicher) Körper über Körperausdünstungen wie Schweiß abgibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Körpergeruch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Körpergeruch kann man durch ein Deodorant überdecken oder eben ausgiebig duschen.
„Alles mischt sich, undefinierbar, beruhigend und phantasieanregend, inklusive, wenn auch nicht wahrnehmbar, doch ganz sicher vorhanden, Körpergerüche früherer Bewohner.“
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).