Küstrin

[kʏsˈtʁiːn]

/[kʏsˈtʁiːn]/ name

The verdict

“Küstrin” is uncommon German (frequency #66,421 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,421
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Polen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kustrin · Küstrin · German

Küstrin · rank #66,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,421
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH küren

Nearest frequency peer: küren (-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 „Küstrin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Küstrin
PropertyValue
HeadwordKüstrin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kʏsˈtʁiːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Küstrin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Küstrinfällt 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: „küren“ (#66,420), „Ladendieb“ (#66,423), „Käfern“ (#66,418). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Küstrin“ bei #66,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Küstrin is uncommon German at frequency #66,421 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kʏsˈtʁiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Polen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Küstrin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists 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 Küstrin, spelled K-Ü-S-T-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Polen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wir fahren heute nach Küstrin.
  2. Küstrin ist eine Stadt im Westen Polens.

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 "Küstrin"?
"Küstrin" is spelled K-Ü-S-T-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kʏsˈtʁiːn].
What does "Küstrin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Küstrin" means: eine Stadt in Polen
How do you pronounce "Küstrin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Küstrin" is [kʏsˈtʁiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Küstrin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list