kuschen

[ˈkʊʃn̩]

/[ˈkʊʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“kuschen” is uncommon German (frequency #85,486 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,486
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ‚vor jemandem kuschen:‘ sich unterwürfig verhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuschen · kuschen · German

kuschen · rank #85,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,486
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kurzfristiges

Nearest frequency peer: kurzfristiges (-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 „kuschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kuschen
PropertyValue
Headwordkuschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʊʃn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kuschen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kuschenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kurzfristiges“ (#85,485), „Kusine“ (#85,487), „Kupferkabel“ (#85,484). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kuschen“ bei #85,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kuschen is uncommon German at frequency #85,486 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʊʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kuschen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 kuschen, spelled K-U-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ‚vor jemandem kuschen:‘ sich unterwürfig verhalten
  2. 2
    sich ruhig hinlegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kuschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Guck mal, wie der kuscht!
  2. Mein Hasso kuscht sich nie, wenn ich ihn rufe.

Antonyms

sich auf die Hinterbeine stellen

This word in other languages

toady(English)

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 "kuschen"?
"kuschen" is spelled K-U-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʊʃn̩].
What does "kuschen" mean?
As a verb, "kuschen" means: ‚vor jemandem kuschen:‘ sich unterwürfig verhalten
How do you pronounce "kuschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kuschen" is [ˈkʊʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kuschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kraters#85,474Krampus#85,472lesende#85,511Klüngel#85,453

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list