Kostbarkeit

[ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]

/[ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kostbarkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #80,581 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,581
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Wertvolles

Corpus desk

Index DE-kostbarkeit · Kostbarkeit · German

Kostbarkeit · rank #80,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,581
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kosmischer

Nearest frequency peer: kosmischer (-2 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 „Kostbarkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kostbarkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordKostbarkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kostbarkeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kostbarkeitfällt 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: „kosmischer“ (#80,579), „Krankentransport“ (#80,583), „Korrosionsschutz“ (#80,578). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kostbarkeit“ bei #80,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kostbarkeit is uncommon German at frequency #80,581 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kostbarkeit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kostbarkeit, spelled K-O-S-T-B-A-R-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas Wertvolles
  2. 2
    hoher Wert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kostbarkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dieses Halsband ist eine echte Kostbarkeit.
  2. „Die Stadt an der Newa besitzt noch größere Kostbarkeiten als das brennende Moskau, wussten die alten Soldaten.“

Antonyms

KlumpatschKramKrempelPlunderTrödel

This word in other languages

tesoro(Español)joyau(Français)

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 "Kostbarkeit"?
"Kostbarkeit" is spelled K-O-S-T-B-A-R-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t].
What does "Kostbarkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Kostbarkeit" means: etwas Wertvolles
How do you pronounce "Kostbarkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kostbarkeit" is [ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯kaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kostbarkeit" come from?
"Kostbarkeit" 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 "Kostbarkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kronjuwelen#80,591Invalidität#80,528losschicken#80,634intolerante#80,527

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list