Problemkind

[pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt]

/[pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt]/ noun

The verdict

“Problemkind” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kind, das jemandem viele Schwierigkeiten dabei bereitet, es zu erziehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-problemkind · Problemkind · German

Problemkind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for Problemkind
PropertyValue
HeadwordProblemkind
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Problemkind“ im Deutschen

Problemkindschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Problemkind is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kind, das jemandem viele Schwierigkeiten dabei bereitet, es zu erziehen".

Problemkind has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Problemkind, spelled P-R-O-B-L-E-M-K-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kind, das jemandem viele Schwierigkeiten dabei bereitet, es zu erziehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Geistig oder körperlich Behinderte, aufmerksamkeitsgestörte Problemkinder, schwer Erziehbare mit Migrationshintergrund – wer, der dafür nicht bezahlt wird, will schon mit ihnen zu tun haben?“
  2. „Meine Mutter war das Problemkind, ein Wildfang, trotzig und dickköpfig.“

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Problemkind"?
"Problemkind" is spelled P-R-O-B-L-E-M-K-I-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt].
What does "Problemkind" mean?
As a noun, "Problemkind" means: Kind, das jemandem viele Schwierigkeiten dabei bereitet, es zu erziehen
How do you pronounce "Problemkind"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Problemkind" is [pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Problemkind" come from?
"Problemkind" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list