Kursänderung

[ˈkʊʁsˌʔɛndəʁʊŋ]

/[ˈkʊʁsˌʔɛndəʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kursänderung” is uncommon German (frequency #89,189 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,189
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abweichung von der bis dahin eingenommenen Fahrt-, Flug-, Bewegungsrichtung

Corpus desk

Index DE-kursanderung · Kursänderung · German

Kursänderung · rank #89,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,189
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kursierte

Nearest frequency peer: kursierte (-2 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 „Kursänderung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kursänderung
PropertyValue
HeadwordKursänderung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʊʁsˌʔɛndəʁʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#89,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kursänderung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kursänderungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kursierte“ (#89,187), „Kuverts“ (#89,191), „kuro“ (#89,186). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kursänderung“ bei #89,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kursänderung is uncommon German at frequency #89,189 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊʁsˌʔɛndəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abweichung von der bis dahin eingenommenen Fahrt-, Flug-, Bewegungsrichtung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kursänderung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kursänderung, spelled K-U-R-S-Ä-N-D-E-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abweichung von der bis dahin eingenommenen Fahrt-, Flug-, Bewegungsrichtung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kursänderung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dann wurde es Zeit für die Kursänderung auf 180 Grad.“

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 "Kursänderung"?
"Kursänderung" is spelled K-U-R-S-Ä-N-D-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʁsˌʔɛndəʁʊŋ].
What does "Kursänderung" mean?
As a noun, "Kursänderung" means: Abweichung von der bis dahin eingenommenen Fahrt-, Flug-, Bewegungsrichtung
How do you pronounce "Kursänderung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kursänderung" is [ˈkʊʁsˌʔɛndəʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kursänderung" come from?
"Kursänderung" 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 "Kursänderung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list