Kurtisane
[kʊʁtiˈzaːnə]
The verdict
“Kurtisane” is uncommon German (frequency #87,957 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,957
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hochgebildete käufliche Frauen in Europa vom 16. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurtisane · Kurtisane · German
Kurtisane · rank #87,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,957
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kunstwort
Nearest frequency peer: Kunstwort (-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 „Kurtisane“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kronzeugen
Kronzeugen
12,048 corpus weight
- Kunstwort
Kunstwort
12,045 corpus weight
- Kurtisane
Kurtisane
12,044 corpus weight
- kuscheligen
kuscheligen
12,043 corpus weight
- Kuschelkurs
Kuschelkurs
12,042 corpus weight
- Körpermitte
Körpermitte
12,040 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kurtisane“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kurtisane |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊʁtiˈzaːnə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kurtisane“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kurtisane is uncommon German at frequency #87,957 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʊʁtiˈzaːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hochgebildete käufliche Frauen in Europa vom 16. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kurtisane in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Kurtisane, spelled K-U-R-T-I-S-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1hochgebildete käufliche Frauen in Europa vom 16. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kurtisane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Leben der Pariser Kurtisane Alphonsine Plessis (5.1.1824-3.2.1847) lieferte den Stoff für den berühmten Roman von Alexandre Dumas d. J. "Die Kameliendame", in dem sie "Marguerite Gauthier" heißt.“
„Die Mutter und die Schwester Landolfos nahmen die Kurtisane besser auf, als sie es verdient hatte.“
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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