Kurzzeitgedächtnis
[ˈkʊʁt͡st͡saɪ̯tɡəˌdɛçtnɪs]
The verdict
“Kurzzeitgedächtnis” is uncommon German (frequency #79,418 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,418
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil des Gedächtnisses, das Informationen für kurze Zeit speichert, bevor sie vergessen werden oder in das Langzeitgedächtnis übergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kurzzeitgedachtnis · Kurzzeitgedächtnis · German
Kurzzeitgedächtnis · rank #79,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,418
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kunsthistoris…
Nearest frequency peer: kunsthistorische (-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 „Kurzzeitgedächtnis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kulturwandel
Kulturwandel
20,587 corpus weight
- Kundenkarte
Kundenkarte
20,586 corpus weight
- Kunstformen
Kunstformen
20,585 corpus weight
- kunsthistor…
kunsthistorische
20,584 corpus weight
- Kurzzeitged…
Kurzzeitgedächtnis
20,583 corpus weight
- Küchengeräte
Küchengeräte
20,581 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kurzzeitgedächtnis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kurzzeitgedächtnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊʁt͡st͡saɪ̯tɡəˌdɛçtnɪs] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #79,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kurzzeitgedächtnis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kurzzeitgedächtnis is uncommon German at frequency #79,418 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊʁt͡st͡saɪ̯tɡəˌdɛçtnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil des Gedächtnisses, das Informationen für kurze Zeit speichert, bevor sie vergessen werden oder in das Langzeitgedächtnis übergehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kurzzeitgedächtnis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kurzzeitgedächtnis, spelled K-U-R-Z-Z-E-I-T-G-E-D-Ä-C-H-T-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Teil des Gedächtnisses, das Informationen für kurze Zeit speichert, bevor sie vergessen werden oder in das Langzeitgedächtnis übergehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kurzzeitgedächtnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dank dem Kurzzeitgedächtnis können wir Sätze verstehen und Melodien wahrnehmen.
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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.
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