Kürschner

[ˈkʏʁʃnɐ]

/[ˈkʏʁʃnɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Kürschner” is uncommon German (frequency #71,559 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,559
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handwerker, der Pelze und Tierhäute verarbeitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurschner · Kürschner · German

Kürschner · rank #71,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,559
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH lace

Nearest frequency peer: lace (+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 „Kürschner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kürschner
PropertyValue
HeadwordKürschner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʏʁʃnɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kürschner“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kürschnerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „lace“ (#71,560), „Lagerbestände“ (#71,561), „lametta“ (#71,562). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kürschner“ bei #71,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kürschner is uncommon German at frequency #71,559 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʏʁʃnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handwerker, der Pelze und Tierhäute verarbeitet".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kürschner, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kürschner, spelled K-Ü-R-S-C-H-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handwerker, der Pelze und Tierhäute verarbeitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Den Pelzmantel lässt du besser von einem Kürschner aufarbeiten.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kürschner"?
"Kürschner" is spelled K-Ü-R-S-C-H-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʏʁʃnɐ].
What does "Kürschner" mean?
As a noun, "Kürschner" means: Handwerker, der Pelze und Tierhäute verarbeitet
How do you pronounce "Kürschner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kürschner" is [ˈkʏʁʃnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kürschner" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kürschner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list