kürte

[ˈkyːɐ̯tə]

/[ˈkyːɐ̯tə]/ verb

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The verdict

“kürte” is uncommon German (frequency #70,502 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,502
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küren

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurte · kürte · German

kürte · rank #70,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,502
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH künstlerischem

Nearest frequency peer: künstlerischem (-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 „kürte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kürte
PropertyValue
Headwordkürte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkyːɐ̯tə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kürte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kürtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „künstlerischem“ (#70,501), „Lacken“ (#70,504), „kugelig“ (#70,498). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kürte“ bei #70,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kürte is uncommon German at frequency #70,502 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkyːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

kürte has no tracked misspelling variants, 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kürte, spelled K-Ü-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küren
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küren
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küren
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küren

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 "kürte"?
"kürte" is spelled K-Ü-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkyːɐ̯tə].
What does "kürte" mean?
As a verb, "kürte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küren
How do you pronounce "kürte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kürte" is [ˈkyːɐ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kürte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

liked#70,521maior#70,537Manna#70,543medio#70,559

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list