Kurfürstentum
[ˈkuːɐ̯fʏʁstn̩tuːm]
The verdict
“Kurfürstentum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herrschaftsgebiet eines Kurfürstens (lat.: princeps elector imperii oder elector). Unter Kurfürstentümern verstand man bis zur Auflösung des Heiligen römischen Reiches deutscher Nationen 1806 die H...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kurfürstentum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuːɐ̯fʏʁstn̩tuːm] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kurfürstentum” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kurfürstentum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuːɐ̯fʏʁstn̩tuːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herrschaftsgebiet eines Kurfürstens (lat.: princeps elector imperii oder elector). Unter Kurfürstentümern verstand man bis zur Auflösung des Heiligen römischen Reiches deutscher Nationen 1806 die H...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kurfürstentum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kurfürstentum, spelled K-U-R-F-Ü-R-S-T-E-N-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Herrschaftsgebiet eines Kurfürstens (lat.: princeps elector imperii oder elector). Unter Kurfürstentümern verstand man bis zur Auflösung des Heiligen römischen Reiches deutscher Nationen 1806 die Herrschaftsgebiete der reichsunmittelbaren Reichsstände mit einem Kurfürsten als Oberhaupt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kurfürstentum”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-U-R-F-Ü-R-S-T-E-N-T-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.