Kuskus
[ˈkʊskʊs]
The verdict
“Kuskus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf den Molukken, Neuguinea, den Salomonen und der nordaustralischen Kap-York-Halbinsel beheimatetes, baumbewohnendes Beuteltier (Phalanger)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kuskus · Kuskus · German
Kuskus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Kuskus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʊskʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kuskus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kuskus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʊskʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf den Molukken, Neuguinea, den Salomonen und der nordaustralischen Kap-York-Halbinsel beheimatetes, baumbewohnendes Beuteltier (Phalanger)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kuskus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Kuskus, spelled K-U-S-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1auf den Molukken, Neuguinea, den Salomonen und der nordaustralischen Kap-York-Halbinsel beheimatetes, baumbewohnendes Beuteltier (Phalanger)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kuskus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zu den häufigsten Beutlern zählen […] Kuskus (Phalanger cuscus), das Opossum, das Wallabie (Macropus Lincah), das Baumkänguru (7 Arten) sowie die Beutelmäuse, die überwiegend zu den nachtaktiven Insektenfressern gehören.“
„Höchstens ein Weibchen der gleichen Art duldet ein männlicher Kuskus in seinem Revier.“
This word in other languages
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.