kuriosen

[kuˈʁi̯oːzn̩]

/[kuˈʁi̯oːzn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“kuriosen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,491 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,491
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuriosen · kuriosen · German

kuriosen · rank #55,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,491
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kunststücke

Nearest frequency peer: Kunststücke (-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 „kuriosen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kuriosen
PropertyValue
Headwordkuriosen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kuˈʁi̯oːzn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,491
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kuriosen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kunststücke“ (#55,490), „Kursbuch“ (#55,492), „kunsthistorischen“ (#55,489). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kuriosen“ bei #55,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kuriosen is uncommon German at frequency #55,491 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kuˈʁi̯oːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kuriosen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 kuriosen, spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios

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 "kuriosen"?
"kuriosen" is spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kuˈʁi̯oːzn̩].
What does "kuriosen" mean?
As an adjective, "kuriosen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
How do you pronounce "kuriosen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kuriosen" is [kuˈʁi̯oːzn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kuriosen" come from?
"kuriosen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kuriosen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kursbuch#55,492kreuzten#55,482latenten#55,501Laupheim#55,503

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list