kurvige

[ˈkʊʁvɪɡə]

/[ˈkʊʁvɪɡə]/ adj

The verdict

“kurvige” is uncommon German (frequency #67,419 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,419
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurvige · kurvige · German

kurvige · rank #67,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,419
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kältesten

Nearest frequency peer: kältesten (+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 „kurvige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kurvige
PropertyValue
Headwordkurvige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkʊʁvɪɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,419
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kurvige“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kurvigefällt 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: „kältesten“ (#67,420), „Kurieren“ (#67,417), „Kämmerlein“ (#67,421). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kurvige“ bei #67,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kurvige is uncommon German at frequency #67,419 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʊʁvɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for kurvige in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kurvige, spelled K-U-R-V-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig

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 "kurvige"?
"kurvige" is spelled K-U-R-V-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʁvɪɡə].
What does "kurvige" mean?
As an adjective, "kurvige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurvig
How do you pronounce "kurvige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kurvige" is [ˈkʊʁvɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kurvige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list