Kursbuch
[ˈkʊʁsˌbuːx]
The verdict
“Kursbuch” is uncommon German (frequency #55,492 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,492
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verzeichnis von Fahrplänen für den öffentlichen Verkehr, insbesondere für Bahn- und Busverbindungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kursbuch · Kursbuch · German
Kursbuch · rank #55,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,492
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kuriosen
Nearest frequency peer: kuriosen (-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 „Kursbuch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kunsthistor…
kunsthistorischen
44,512 corpus weight
- Kunststücke
Kunststücke
44,511 corpus weight
- kuriosen
kuriosen
44,510 corpus weight
- Kursbuch
Kursbuch
44,509 corpus weight
- Kutte
Kutte
44,507 corpus weight
- Königshauses
Königshauses
44,506 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kursbuch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kursbuch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊʁsˌbuːx] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kursbuch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kursbuch is uncommon German at frequency #55,492 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊʁsˌbuːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Kursbuch has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kursbuch, spelled K-U-R-S-B-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Verzeichnis von Fahrplänen für den öffentlichen Verkehr, insbesondere für Bahn- und Busverbindungen
- 2Aufzeichnung des Börsenmaklers zur Kursfeststellung über alle Kauf- und Verkaufsangebote
- 3zentraler Teil eines Lehrwerkes neben Arbeitsbuch, Übungsbuch und Lehrerhandbuch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kursbuch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er studierte das Kursbuch und fand, daß der schnellste Zug am Abend gehe, gerade während des letzten Aktes.
»Du mußt über Karlsruhe fahren, dann Karlsruhe-Pforzheim, du findest es leicht in jedem Kursbuch«, hatte Edeward noch gesagt und war dann gegangen. – Ich saß jetzt in der zweiten Nacht, vergraben in einem Stoß von Kursbüchern und kam nicht zurecht und kam auch absolut nicht zurecht.
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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