köstlicher

[ˈkœstlɪçɐ]

/[ˈkœstlɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“köstlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #67,426 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,426
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 köstlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-kostlicher · köstlicher · German

köstlicher · rank #67,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,426
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Körpermasse

Nearest frequency peer: Körpermasse (-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 „köstlicher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for köstlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordköstlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkœstlɪçɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „köstlicher“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).köstlicherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Körpermasse“ (#67,425), „Küchenfenster“ (#67,427), „kürzlichen“ (#67,429). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „köstlicher“ bei #67,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

köstlicher is uncommon German at frequency #67,426 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkœstlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for köstlicher in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 köstlicher, spelled K-Ö-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

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

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 "köstlicher"?
"köstlicher" is spelled K-Ö-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkœstlɪçɐ].
What does "köstlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "köstlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs köstlich
How do you pronounce "köstlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "köstlicher" is [ˈkœstlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "köstlicher" come from?
"köstlicher" 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 "köstlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kürzlichen#67,429Kämmerlein#67,421Lagerräume#67,432Kupplungen#67,416

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list