kurzwellig
[ˈkʊʁt͡svɛlɪç]
The verdict
“kurzwellig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - eine kurze Wellenlänge habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurzwellig · kurzwellig · German
kurzwellig · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kurzwellig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʊʁt͡svɛlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kurzwellig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kurzwellig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʊʁt͡svɛlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine kurze Wellenlänge habend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kurzwellig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 kurzwellig, spelled K-U-R-Z-W-E-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1eine kurze Wellenlänge habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kurzwellig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Von der Sonne empfangen wir kurzwellige Strahlung und zwar 342 Watt pro Quadratmeter Erdoberfläche.“
Das kurzwellige Sonnenlicht, dass der Treiber für eine warme Erde ist, wird von Wolken und weißen Flächen in Arktis und Antarktis in den Weltraum zurück reflektiert.
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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.