Kunigunde

[kuniˈɡʊndə]

/[kuniˈɡʊndə]/ name

The verdict

“Kunigunde” is uncommon German (frequency #65,438 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,438
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-kunigunde · Kunigunde · German

Kunigunde · rank #65,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,438
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kunstgegenstä…

Nearest frequency peer: Kunstgegenstände (+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 „Kunigunde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kunigunde
PropertyValue
HeadwordKunigunde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kuniˈɡʊndə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kunigunde“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kunstgegenstände“ (#65,439), „Kulturkreisen“ (#65,436), „Kunstwelt“ (#65,440). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kunigunde“ bei #65,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kunigunde is uncommon German at frequency #65,438 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kuniˈɡʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kunigunde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kunigunde, spelled K-U-N-I-G-U-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kunigunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der König nahm sich Kunigunde zur Frau.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kunigunde"?
"Kunigunde" is spelled K-U-N-I-G-U-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kuniˈɡʊndə].
What does "Kunigunde" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kunigunde" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Kunigunde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kunigunde" is [kuniˈɡʊndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kunigunde" come from?
"Kunigunde" 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 "Kunigunde", 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