Kurkume
[kʊʁˈkuːmə]
The verdict
“Kurkume” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Pflanzenart Curcuma longa, Angehöriger einer Gattung der Ingwergewächse Zingiberaceae
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurkume · Kurkume · German
Kurkume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kurkume |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊʁˈkuːmə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kurkume“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kurkume is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʊʁˈkuːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kurkume in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kurkume, spelled K-U-R-K-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1die Pflanzenart Curcuma longa, Angehöriger einer Gattung der Ingwergewächse Zingiberaceae
- 2die Pflanzenart Curcuma longa, Angehöriger einer Gattung der Ingwergewächse Zingiberaceae
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.