kürzlichen

[ˈkʏʁt͡slɪçn̩]

/[ˈkʏʁt͡slɪçn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“kürzlichen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,429 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,429
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurzlichen · kürzlichen · German

kürzlichen · rank #67,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,429
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH ladder

Nearest frequency peer: ladder (+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 „kürzlichen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kürzlichen
PropertyValue
Headwordkürzlichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkʏʁt͡slɪçn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kürzlichen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kürzlichenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ladder“ (#67,430), „Küchenfenster“ (#67,427), „köstlicher“ (#67,426). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kürzlichen“ bei #67,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kürzlichen is uncommon German at frequency #67,429 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʏʁt͡slɪçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for kürzlichen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kürzlichen, spelled K-Ü-R-Z-L-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich

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 "kürzlichen"?
"kürzlichen" is spelled K-Ü-R-Z-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʏʁt͡slɪçn̩].
What does "kürzlichen" mean?
As an adjective, "kürzlichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kürzlich
How do you pronounce "kürzlichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kürzlichen" is [ˈkʏʁt͡slɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

köstlicher#67,426Lagerräume#67,432Kämmerlein#67,421Lebensbaum#67,441

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list