kulminieren
[kʊlmiˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“kulminieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seinen Höhepunkt finden
Corpus desk
Index DE-kulminieren · kulminieren · German
kulminieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kulminieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kʊlmiˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kulminieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kulminieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kʊlmiˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kulminieren, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kulminieren, spelled K-U-L-M-I-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1seinen Höhepunkt finden
- 2den höchsten oder tiefsten Stand in Bezug auf den Horizont einnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kulminieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Geschmacklosigkeit kulminierte in einer umständlich geknoteten, rosafarbenen Baumwollkrawatte.
„Die das Humanum einbeziehende und mit ihm kulminierende Ehrfurcht braucht noch das im Sterndienst einmal besonders hoch erfahrene, an der Größe der Natur erfahrene Numinosum als Korrektiv, um die religiöse Gegenständlichkeit seiner selbst zu bewahren, das ist eben, um vom Menschen nicht groß und nicht geheimnisvoll genug zu denken.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.