Kunstwort
German, noun/ˈkʊnstˌvɔʁt/
Kunstwort is spelled K-U-N-S-T-W-O-R-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kunstwort is a German neuter noun meaning “technical term” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wort, das aus Bruchstücken von Wörtern so zusammengesetzt ist, dass es leicht auszusprechen und zu merken ist…”.
What does Kunstwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertechnical term
- 2
neutercoinage, neologism
- 3
neutera word created in a deliberate way that is not considered natural to the rules of the language
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wort, das aus Bruchstücken von Wörtern so zusammengesetzt ist, dass es leicht auszusprechen und zu merken ist (den Sinn kann man bestenfalls noch erraten) 2. Fachwort, Fachausdruck
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kunstwort
- Kunstwortes genitive
- Kunstworts genitive
- Kunstwörter plural
- Kunstworte plural rare
- Kunstwörtern dative definite plural
- Kunstworten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kunstwort?
- /ˈkʊnstˌvɔʁt/
- [ˈkʊnstˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kunstwort in German?
Kunstwort appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).