kus
[kʊs]
The verdict
“kus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil eines Ganzen; Stück, der Teil
Corpus desk
Index DE-kus · kus · German
kus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | kus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʊs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
kus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kus, spelled K-U-S.
Definition
- 1Teil eines Ganzen; Stück, der Teil
- 2Teil eines Ganzen; Stück, der Teil
- 3eine einzelne Sache; Stück, das Teil
- 4eine einzelne Sache; Stück, das Teil
- 5eine einzelne Sache; Stück, das Teil
- 6Zahlklassifikator für ein Stück
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Měl hlad a prosil o kus chleba.
„Až třicet procent smrtelných nehod na evropských dálnicích jde na vrub únavě. Když šofér řídí šest hodin v kuse, pak riziko, že způsobí nehodu, narůstá osminásobně.“
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.