poněkud
[ˈpɔɲɛkʊt]
The verdict
“poněkud” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in kleinem Ausmaß; einigermaßen, ein wenig, etwas, leicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-ponekud · poněkud · German
poněkud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poněkud |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈpɔɲɛkʊt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „poněkud“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
poněkud is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈpɔɲɛkʊt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in kleinem Ausmaß; einigermaßen, ein wenig, etwas, leicht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for poněkud, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 poněkud, spelled P-O-N-Ě-K-U-D.
Definition
- 1in kleinem Ausmaß; einigermaßen, ein wenig, etwas, leicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poněkud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Příchod jara se letos poněkud opozdil.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.