kundig
[ˈkʊndɪk]
The verdict
“kundig” is uncommon German (frequency #61,687 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,687
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich auf einem Gebiet auskennend, Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kundig · kundig · German
kundig · rank #61,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,687
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kulturschaffe…
Nearest frequency peer: Kulturschaffende (-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 „kundig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kruden
kruden
38,317 corpus weight
- Kulturpflan…
Kulturpflanzen
38,316 corpus weight
- Kulturschaf…
Kulturschaffende
38,315 corpus weight
- kundig
kundig
38,314 corpus weight
- Kunstwerks
Kunstwerks
38,312 corpus weight
- Kurland
Kurland
38,311 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kundig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kundig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʊndɪk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kundig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kundig is uncommon German at frequency #61,687 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʊndɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich auf einem Gebiet auskennend, Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend".
kundig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kundig, spelled K-U-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich auf einem Gebiet auskennend, Kenntnisse über etwas besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kundig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der kundige Weinkenner kann einen Riesling von einem Müller-Thurgau unterscheiden.
„Die Landreiter wurden vielfach den kurfürstlichen Trabanten entnommen, sie mußten über eine gewisse Schulbildung verfügen und auch des Schreibens kundig sein.“
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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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