Korpuskel
[kɔʁˈpʊskl̩]
The verdict
“Korpuskel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elementarteilchen, kleinster Baustein der Materie
Corpus desk
Index DE-korpuskel · Korpuskel · German
Korpuskel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Korpuskel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔʁˈpʊskl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Korpuskel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Korpuskel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔʁˈpʊskl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elementarteilchen, kleinster Baustein der Materie".
Korpuskel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Korpuskel, spelled K-O-R-P-U-S-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Elementarteilchen, kleinster Baustein der Materie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Korpuskel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Bezeichnung ‚Korpuskel‘ für Teilchen ist veraltet. Sie tritt beispielsweise in der historischen Auseinandersetzung zwischen Korpuskeltheorie und Wellentheorie bei der Beschreibung des Lichts auf.“
„In geheimnisvoller Weise ist jeder Strahl beides, Welle und Korpuskel. Beim Licht fanden die Interferenzen ihre Erklärung als Überlagerung von Wellen, während die Materie das Licht korpuskular in Form von Lichtquanten aussendet oder verschluckt.“
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.