kurioser

[kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]

/[kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]/ adj

The verdict

“kurioser” is uncommon German (frequency #69,443 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,443
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurioser · kurioser · German

kurioser · rank #69,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,443
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kurhessen

Nearest frequency peer: Kurhessen (-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 „kurioser“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kurioser
PropertyValue
Headwordkurioser
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,443
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kurioser“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kurioserfällt 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: „Kurhessen“ (#69,442), „kursierten“ (#69,444), „kulturhistorischen“ (#69,440). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kurioser“ bei #69,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kurioser is uncommon German at frequency #69,443 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

kurioser has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 kurioser, spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum 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 "kurioser"?
"kurioser" is spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ].
What does "kurioser" mean?
As an adjective, "kurioser" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
How do you pronounce "kurioser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kurioser" is [kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list