Parkour
[paʁˈkuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Parkour” is uncommon German (frequency #57,294 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,294
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportart, deren Ziel es ist, nur mit den Fähigkeiten des eigenen Körpers Hindernisse zu überwinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-parkour · Parkour · German
Parkour · rank #57,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,294
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Parfümerie
Nearest frequency peer: Parfümerie (-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 „Parkour“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Palmsonntag
Palmsonntag
42,711 corpus weight
- Parfümerie
Parfümerie
42,708 corpus weight
- Parkour
Parkour
42,707 corpus weight
- Passantin
Passantin
42,706 corpus weight
- patrol
patrol
42,705 corpus weight
- pflanzte
pflanzte
42,703 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Parkour“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parkour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁˈkuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Parkour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Parkour is uncommon German at frequency #57,294 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʁˈkuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportart, deren Ziel es ist, nur mit den Fähigkeiten des eigenen Körpers Hindernisse zu überwinden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Parkour in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Parkour, spelled P-A-R-K-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Sportart, deren Ziel es ist, nur mit den Fähigkeiten des eigenen Körpers Hindernisse zu überwinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Parkour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Weder Shaw noch sein Bruder waren versiert in Parkour - der urbanen Form des Hindernislaufs -, aber sie wussten, wie man sich fallen lassen muss und wie man bei Sprüngen aus größeren Höhen sicher landet.“
Synonyms
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); 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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