Kumpan
[kʊmˈpaːn]
The verdict
“Kumpan” is uncommon German (frequency #93,192 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,192
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Freund oder ein Mitglied der Kompanie, der man selbst angehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-kumpan · Kumpan · German
Kumpan · rank #93,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,192
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kulturindustr…
Nearest frequency peer: Kulturindustrie (-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 „Kumpan“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kulturausta…
Kulturaustausch
6,813 corpus weight
- Kulturgütern
Kulturgütern
6,811 corpus weight
- Kulturindus…
Kulturindustrie
6,810 corpus weight
- Kumpan
Kumpan
6,809 corpus weight
- Kundenwünsc…
Kundenwünsche
6,808 corpus weight
- Kunstmaler
Kunstmaler
6,807 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kumpan“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kumpan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊmˈpaːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kumpan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kumpan is uncommon German at frequency #93,192 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʊmˈpaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Freund oder ein Mitglied der Kompanie, der man selbst angehört".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kumpan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kumpan, spelled K-U-M-P-A-N.
Definition
- 1ein Freund oder ein Mitglied der Kompanie, der man selbst angehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kumpan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist ein wahrer Kumpan!
„In der Hoffnung, doch noch einen Kumpan aufzutreiben, schritt ich die zu dieser Stunde fast verödeten Flure und Säle ab.“
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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