Kulturschock
[kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃɔk]
The verdict
“Kulturschock” is uncommon German (frequency #60,766 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,766
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - große Überraschung/Widerstand, ausgelöst durch die Konfrontation mit von den eigenen abweichenden kulturellen Eigenheiten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kulturschock |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃɔk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kulturschock” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kulturschock is uncommon German at frequency #60,766 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große Überraschung/Widerstand, ausgelöst durch die Konfrontation mit von den eigenen abweichenden kulturellen Eigenheiten".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kulturschock in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Kulturschock, spelled K-U-L-T-U-R-S-C-H-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1große Überraschung/Widerstand, ausgelöst durch die Konfrontation mit von den eigenen abweichenden kulturellen Eigenheiten
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kulturschock”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-U-L-T-U-R-S-C-H-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.