kühnsten

[ˈkyːnstn̩]

/[ˈkyːnstn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“kühnsten” is uncommon German (frequency #63,491 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,491
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuhnsten · kühnsten · German

kühnsten · rank #63,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,491
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lachse

Nearest frequency peer: Lachse (+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 „kühnsten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kühnsten
PropertyValue
Headwordkühnsten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkyːnstn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,491
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kühnsten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lachse“ (#63,492), „Körperlichkeit“ (#63,489), „Ladesäulen“ (#63,493). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kühnsten“ bei #63,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kühnsten is uncommon German at frequency #63,491 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkyːnstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kühnsten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 kühnsten, spelled K-Ü-H-N-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn

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 "kühnsten"?
"kühnsten" is spelled K-Ü-H-N-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkyːnstn̩].
What does "kühnsten" mean?
As an adjective, "kühnsten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs kühn
How do you pronounce "kühnsten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kühnsten" is [ˈkyːnstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kuhstall#63,484Krämpfen#63,483Lenzburg#63,516Kevelaer#63,465

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list