kurioser
[kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ]
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
- kritiklos
kritiklos
30,563 corpus weight
- Kulturforum
Kulturforum
30,562 corpus weight
- kulturhisto…
kulturhistorischen
30,561 corpus weight
- Kurhessen
Kurhessen
30,559 corpus weight
- kurioser
kurioser
30,558 corpus weight
- kursierten
kursierten
30,557 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kurioser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kurioser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kuˈʁi̯oːzɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kurioser“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurios
- 5Nominativ 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.
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