opportun
[ɔpɔʁˈtuːn]
The verdict
“opportun” is uncommon German (frequency #76,034 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,034
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angebracht, in gegenwärtiger Situation von Vorteil
Corpus desk
Index DE-opportun · opportun · German
opportun · rank #76,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,034
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Oppositionell…
Nearest frequency peer: Oppositioneller (+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 „opportun“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- näherem
näherem
23,971 corpus weight
- okkulten
okkulten
23,969 corpus weight
- opportun
opportun
23,967 corpus weight
- Oppositione…
Oppositioneller
23,966 corpus weight
- originales
originales
23,965 corpus weight
- outcome
outcome
23,962 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „opportun“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opportun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɔpɔʁˈtuːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „opportun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
opportun is uncommon German at frequency #76,034 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔpɔʁˈtuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "angebracht, in gegenwärtiger Situation von Vorteil".
Zero misspellings are on record for opportun in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is opportun, spelled O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N.
Definition
- 1angebracht, in gegenwärtiger Situation von Vorteil
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opportun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Auch sein Vorschlag eines Sozialpakets für alle entsprang einer Idee, die ihm heute nicht mehr opportun erscheint."
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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.
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