Kuriosität
[ˌkuʁioziˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Kuriosität” is uncommon German (frequency #71,548 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,548
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das wegen seiner Sonderbarkeit Beachtung verdient
Corpus desk
Index DE-kuriositat · Kuriosität · German
Kuriosität · rank #71,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,548
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kuriosum
Nearest frequency peer: Kuriosum (+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 „Kuriosität“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kriminalisi…
kriminalisieren
28,457 corpus weight
- Kulturkreis…
Kulturkreises
28,456 corpus weight
- kundgetan
kundgetan
28,455 corpus weight
- Kuriosität
Kuriosität
28,453 corpus weight
- Kuriosum
Kuriosum
28,452 corpus weight
- Kurkuma
Kurkuma
28,451 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kuriosität“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kuriosität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkuʁioziˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kuriosität“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kuriosität is uncommon German at frequency #71,548 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkuʁioziˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Kuriosität doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kuriosität, spelled K-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1etwas, das wegen seiner Sonderbarkeit Beachtung verdient
- 2Seltsamkeit, Ungewöhnlichkeit
- 3Neugier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kuriosität appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Machowskis Büro hatte sich seit seinem letzten Besuch in ein Museum der Kuriositäten verwandelt.“
„Es gab Listen mit Möbelstücken, Büchern, Manuskripten und Kuriositäten.“
Synonyms
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); 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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