Problemkind
[pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt]
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Problemkind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁoˈbleːmˌkɪnt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Problemkind“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Kind, das jemandem viele Schwierigkeiten dabei bereitet, es zu erziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Problemkind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Geistig oder körperlich Behinderte, aufmerksamkeitsgestörte Problemkinder, schwer Erziehbare mit Migrationshintergrund – wer, der dafür nicht bezahlt wird, will schon mit ihnen zu tun haben?“
„Meine Mutter war das Problemkind, ein Wildfang, trotzig und dickköpfig.“
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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.