kostbarer

[ˈkɔstbaːʁɐ]

/[ˈkɔstbaːʁɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“kostbarer” is uncommon German (frequency #59,808 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,808
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar

Corpus desk

Index DE-kostbarer · kostbarer · German

kostbarer · rank #59,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,808
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH korrumpiert

Nearest frequency peer: korrumpiert (-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 „kostbarer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kostbarer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kostbarer
PropertyValue
Headwordkostbarer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkɔstbaːʁɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kostbarer“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kostbarerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „korrumpiert“ (#59,807), „kostendeckend“ (#59,809), „Kornfeld“ (#59,806). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kostbarer“ bei #59,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kostbarer is uncommon German at frequency #59,808 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkɔstbaːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

kostbarer has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kostbarer, spelled K-O-S-T-B-A-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kostbarer"?
"kostbarer" is spelled K-O-S-T-B-A-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔstbaːʁɐ].
What does "kostbarer" mean?
As an adjective, "kostbarer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kostbar
How do you pronounce "kostbarer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kostbarer" is [ˈkɔstbaːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kostbarer" come from?
"kostbarer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kostbarer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

krasseste#59,812Konrektor#59,798Klarnamen#59,794kaschiert#59,784

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list