Punker
[ˈpaŋkɐ]
The verdict
“Punker” is uncommon German (frequency #80,812 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,812
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger der Subkultur des Punks, die bewusst die Wertvorstellungen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft ablehnt und durch provozierendes Aussehen und rebellisches Verhalten auffällt
Corpus desk
Index DE-punker · Punker · German
Punker · rank #80,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,812
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH puppy
Nearest frequency peer: puppy (+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 „Punker“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- prunkvolle
prunkvolle
19,194 corpus weight
- Prügeleien
Prügeleien
19,192 corpus weight
- Punker
Punker
19,189 corpus weight
- puppy
puppy
19,188 corpus weight
- putzte
putzte
19,187 corpus weight
- pürieren
pürieren
19,185 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Punker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Punker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaŋkɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Punker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Punker is uncommon German at frequency #80,812 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaŋkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger der Subkultur des Punks, die bewusst die Wertvorstellungen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft ablehnt und durch provozierendes Aussehen und rebellisches Verhalten auffällt".
Punker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Punker, spelled P-U-N-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger der Subkultur des Punks, die bewusst die Wertvorstellungen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft ablehnt und durch provozierendes Aussehen und rebellisches Verhalten auffällt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Punker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um das Feuer stand eine Gruppe Punker.
„Im Berliner Plänterwald fühlten sich auch ostdeutsche Punker frei und unbeobachtet - ein gefährlicher Irrtum.“
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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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