küssten

[ˈkʏstn̩]

/[ˈkʏstn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“küssten” is uncommon German (frequency #60,774 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,774
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küssen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kussten · küssten · German

küssten · rank #60,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,774
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Künzelsau

Nearest frequency peer: Künzelsau (-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 „küssten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for küssten
PropertyValue
Headwordküssten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʏstn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „küssten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).küsstenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Künzelsau“ (#60,773), „laben“ (#60,775), „Kühnheit“ (#60,772). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „küssten“ bei #60,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

küssten is uncommon German at frequency #60,774 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʏstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for küssten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is küssten, spelled K-Ü-S-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küssen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küssen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küssen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küssen

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 "küssten"?
"küssten" is spelled K-Ü-S-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʏstn̩].
What does "küssten" mean?
As a verb, "küssten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs küssen
How do you pronounce "küssten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "küssten" is [ˈkʏstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "küssten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Lakritz#60,777Lammers#60,778Leggins#60,788lehrten#60,791

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list