künftiges

[ˈkʏnftɪɡəs]

/[ˈkʏnftɪɡəs]/ adj

The verdict

“künftiges” is uncommon German (frequency #56,296 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,296
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs künftig

Corpus desk

Index DE-kunftiges · künftiges · German

künftiges · rank #56,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,296
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Köcher

Nearest frequency peer: Köcher (-2 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 „künftiges“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „künftiges“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for künftiges
PropertyValue
Headwordkünftiges
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkʏnftɪɡəs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „künftiges“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).künftigesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Köcher“ (#56,294), „Laboren“ (#56,298), „Kunsthistorikerin“ (#56,293). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „künftiges“ bei #56,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

künftiges is uncommon German at frequency #56,296 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʏnftɪɡəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for künftiges, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 künftiges, spelled K-Ü-N-F-T-I-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs künftig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs künftig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs künftig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs künftig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "künftiges"?
"künftiges" is spelled K-Ü-N-F-T-I-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʏnftɪɡəs].
What does "künftiges" mean?
As an adjective, "künftiges" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs künftig
How do you pronounce "künftiges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "künftiges" is [ˈkʏnftɪɡəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "künftiges" come from?
"künftiges" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "künftiges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list