kurzlebige

[ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə]

/[ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“kurzlebige” is uncommon German (frequency #98,724 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,724
frequency rank, German
55,078
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig

Key facts for kurzlebige
PropertyValue
Headwordkurzlebige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,724
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kurzlebige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). kurzlebige lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kurzlebige is uncommon German at frequency #98,724 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

kurzlebige doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kurzlebige, spelled K-U-R-Z-L-E-B-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig

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 "kurzlebige"?
"kurzlebige" is spelled K-U-R-Z-L-E-B-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə].
What does "kurzlebige" mean?
As an adjective, "kurzlebige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs kurzlebig
How do you pronounce "kurzlebige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kurzlebige" is [ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kurzlebige" come from?
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Using “kurzlebige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-U-R-Z-L-E-B-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkʊʁt͡sˌleːbɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list