kundgeben
[ˈkʊntˌɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“kundgeben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas öffentlich bekannt geben/machen, jemanden etwas wissen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kundgeben · kundgeben · German
kundgeben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | kundgeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʊntˌɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kundgeben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kundgeben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʊntˌɡeːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas öffentlich bekannt geben/machen, jemanden etwas wissen lassen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kundgeben, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 kundgeben, spelled K-U-N-D-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas öffentlich bekannt geben/machen, jemanden etwas wissen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kundgeben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Herbst 1966 betrachtet der französische Psychoanalytiker Jacques Lacan frühmorgens aus einem Hotelzimmer in Baltimore den starken Berufsverkehr und eine große Neon-Anzeige, die minutenweise das Fortschreiten der Tageszeit kundgibt.“
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.