kurzgesagt

[ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]

/[ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]/ adv

The verdict

“kurzgesagt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas zusammenfassend, mit wenigen Worten, in Kürze

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurzgesagt · kurzgesagt · German

kurzgesagt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "K" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for kurzgesagt
PropertyValue
Headwordkurzgesagt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kurzgesagt“ im Deutschen

kurzgesagtschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kurzgesagt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas zusammenfassend, mit wenigen Worten, in Kürze".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kurzgesagt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 kurzgesagt, spelled K-U-R-Z-G-E-S-A-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas zusammenfassend, mit wenigen Worten, in Kürze

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein Zellkern raus, ein neuer Zellkern rein. Das passiert kurzgesagt beim Klonen.“
  2. „»Was mich heute herführt, Meister, ist der Wunsch, kurzgesagt: Ihre Schülerin zu werden.«“

Synonyms

kurzumum es kurz zu sagen

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kurzgesagt"?
"kurzgesagt" is spelled K-U-R-Z-G-E-S-A-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt].
What does "kurzgesagt" mean?
As an adverb, "kurzgesagt" means: etwas zusammenfassend, mit wenigen Worten, in Kürze
How do you pronounce "kurzgesagt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kurzgesagt" is [ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kurzgesagt" come from?
"kurzgesagt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list