kurzweilige

[ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪɡə]

/[ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“kurzweilige” is uncommon German (frequency #58,950 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,950
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 kurzweilig

Corpus desk

Index DE-kurzweilige · kurzweilige · German

kurzweilige · rank #58,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,950
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kursus

Nearest frequency peer: Kursus (-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 „kurzweilige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kurzweilige
PropertyValue
Headwordkurzweilige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪɡə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#58,950
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kurzweilige“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).kurzweiligefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kursus“ (#58,949), „Kursteilnehmer“ (#58,948), „Lagerhallen“ (#58,952). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kurzweilige“ bei #58,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kurzweilige is uncommon German at frequency #58,950 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for kurzweilige in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is kurzweilige, spelled K-U-R-Z-W-E-I-L-I-G-E.

Definition

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

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 "kurzweilige"?
"kurzweilige" is spelled K-U-R-Z-W-E-I-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪɡə].
What does "kurzweilige" mean?
As an adjective, "kurzweilige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kurzweilig
How do you pronounce "kurzweilige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kurzweilige" is [ˈkʊʁt͡svaɪ̯lɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kurzweilige" come from?
"kurzweilige" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lagerhallen#58,952kultivierte#58,945Lauchhammer#58,960liebevolles#58,970

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list