koscher
[ˈkoːʃɐ]
The verdict
“koscher” is uncommon German (frequency #51,477 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,477
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den jüdischen Speisegesetzen entsprechend rein und daher zum Verzehr erlaubt
Corpus desk
Index DE-koscher · koscher · German
koscher · rank #51,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,477
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Korans
Nearest frequency peer: Korans (-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 „koscher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kontodaten
Kontodaten
48,528 corpus weight
- Konz
Konz
48,527 corpus weight
- koordiniert…
koordinierten
48,526 corpus weight
- Korans
Korans
48,525 corpus weight
- koscher
koscher
48,524 corpus weight
- kostenpflic…
kostenpflichtigen
48,522 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „koscher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | koscher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkoːʃɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „koscher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
koscher is uncommon German at frequency #51,477 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkoːʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for koscher in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is koscher, spelled K-O-S-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1den jüdischen Speisegesetzen entsprechend rein und daher zum Verzehr erlaubt
- 2in tadellosem Zustand; fehlerfrei; unbedenklich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how koscher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber ich kann beschwören, daß ich an Juden nie Fleisch verkauft habe, das nicht »koscher« (nach den rituellen Vorschriften erlaubt) war.“
„Doch eigentlich geht es in dieser Geschichte um vier Männer, die eine ziemlich verrückte Geschäftsidee hatten: in der ostdeutschen Provinz koscheres Bier zu produzieren. "Simcha", das Pils aus Hartmannsdorf nahe Chemnitz, ist nach Auskunft des Deutschen Brauer-Bundes das einzige koschere Bier Deutschlands und "erfährt ganz aktuell eine große Nachfrage".“
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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