Kunstgriff
[ˈkʊnstˌɡʁɪf]
The verdict
“Kunstgriff” is uncommon German (frequency #84,217 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,217
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders wirksame Methode, ein bestimmtes Ziel auf einfache Weise zu erreichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kunstgriff · Kunstgriff · German
Kunstgriff · rank #84,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,217
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kuriert
Nearest frequency peer: kuriert (+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 „Kunstgriff“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kreuzfahrts…
Kreuzfahrtschiffen
15,789 corpus weight
- Kreuzzügen
Kreuzzügen
15,787 corpus weight
- Kunstgriff
Kunstgriff
15,784 corpus weight
- kuriert
kuriert
15,783 corpus weight
- Königsblau
Königsblau
15,779 corpus weight
- Körnern
Körnern
15,778 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kunstgriff“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kunstgriff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊnstˌɡʁɪf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kunstgriff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kunstgriff is uncommon German at frequency #84,217 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊnstˌɡʁɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders wirksame Methode, ein bestimmtes Ziel auf einfache Weise zu erreichen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kunstgriff in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Kunstgriff, spelled K-U-N-S-T-G-R-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1besonders wirksame Methode, ein bestimmtes Ziel auf einfache Weise zu erreichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kunstgriff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mir hilft beim Abnehmen ein kleiner Kunstgriff: Wenn der Appetit immer größer wird, trinke ich ein großes Glas Wasser.
„Ein einfacher Kunstgriff gestattet jedoch, diese Schwierigkeit zu umgehen.“ (Schwarzschild)
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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