Kurzzeitgedächtnis
[ˈkʊʁt͡st͡saɪ̯tɡəˌdɛçtnɪs]
The verdict
“Kurzzeitgedächtnis” is uncommon German (frequency #79,418 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,418
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil des Gedächtnisses, das Informationen für kurze Zeit speichert, bevor sie vergessen werden oder in das Langzeitgedächtnis übergehen
| 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) |
Where “Kurzzeitgedächtnis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kurzzeitgedächtnis is uncommon German at frequency #79,418 among 55,078 “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
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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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Using “Kurzzeitgedächtnis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-U-R-Z-Z-E-I-T-G-E-D-Ä-C-H-T-N-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʊʁt͡st͡saɪ̯tɡəˌdɛçtnɪs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.