Prunkstück
[ˈpʁʊŋkˌʃtʏk]
The verdict
“Prunkstück” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ganz besonders schöner und/oder wertvoller Gegenstand
Corpus desk
Index DE-prunkstuck · Prunkstück · German
Prunkstück · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Prunkstück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁʊŋkˌʃtʏk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Prunkstück” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Prunkstück is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʁʊŋkˌʃtʏk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ganz besonders schöner und/oder wertvoller Gegenstand".
Prunkstück doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Prunkstück, spelled P-R-U-N-K-S-T-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1ganz besonders schöner und/oder wertvoller Gegenstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prunkstück appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dieser Teppich ist ein Prunkstück, der Stolz des Hauses.“
„Aber das Prunkstück des Gutes war der Kuhstall.“
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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.
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