kurios
German, adjective[kuˈʁi̯oːs]
kurios is spelled K-U-R-I-O-S (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurios is a German adjective meaning “curious, odd, bizarre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine Art oder Weise, dass es auffällt oder man sich darüber wundert oder einen Verdacht hegt”.
What does kurios mean in English?
adjective
- 1
curious, odd, bizarre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf eine Art oder Weise, dass es auffällt oder man sich darüber wundert oder einen Verdacht hegt
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 kurios
- kurioser masculine nominative singular
- am kuriosesten superlative
- kuriose feminine nominative singular
- kurioses neuter nominative singular
- kuriosen genitive masculine singular
- kuriosem dative masculine singular
- der kuriose definite includes-article masculine
- die kuriose definite feminine includes-article
- das kuriose definite includes-article neuter
- die kuriosen definite includes-article nominative
- des kuriosen definite genitive includes-article
- der kuriosen definite feminine genitive
- dem kuriosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kurios?
- [kuˈʁi̯oːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kurios
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kurios in German?
kurios appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).