Küstengebiet

[ˈkʏstn̩ɡəˌbiːt]

/[ˈkʏstn̩ɡəˌbiːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Küstengebiet” is uncommon German (frequency #95,869 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,869
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - räumlicher Bereich in direkter Nähe zum Ufer eines Sees, Meeres oder Ozeans

Corpus desk

Index DE-kustengebiet · Küstengebiet · German

Küstengebiet · rank #95,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,869
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kürzeres

Nearest frequency peer: kürzeres (-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 „Küstengebiet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Küstengebiet
PropertyValue
HeadwordKüstengebiet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʏstn̩ɡəˌbiːt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#95,869
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Küstengebiet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Küstengebietfällt 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: „kürzeres“ (#95,868), „laboratories“ (#95,870), „Kühlraum“ (#95,867). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Küstengebiet“ bei #95,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Küstengebiet is uncommon German at frequency #95,869 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʏstn̩ɡəˌbiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "räumlicher Bereich in direkter Nähe zum Ufer eines Sees, Meeres oder Ozeans".

Küstengebiet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Küstengebiet, spelled K-Ü-S-T-E-N-G-E-B-I-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    räumlicher Bereich in direkter Nähe zum Ufer eines Sees, Meeres oder Ozeans

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Israel hat vor mehr als zehn Jahren eine Blockade über das Küstengebiet verhängt, die von Ägypten mitgetragen wird.“
  2. „Auch die neun Besatzungsmitglieder eines im selben Küstengebiets ebenfalls in Seenot geratenen Frachters wurden laut Nachrichtenagentur NTB mittlerweile in Sicherheit gebracht.“

Synonyms

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 "Küstengebiet"?
"Küstengebiet" is spelled K-Ü-S-T-E-N-G-E-B-I-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʏstn̩ɡəˌbiːt].
What does "Küstengebiet" mean?
As a noun, "Küstengebiet" means: räumlicher Bereich in direkter Nähe zum Ufer eines Sees, Meeres oder Ozeans
How do you pronounce "Küstengebiet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Küstengebiet" is [ˈkʏstn̩ɡəˌbiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Küstengebiet" come from?
"Küstengebiet" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list