Punker
[ˈpaŋkɐ]
The verdict
“Punker” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,812 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #80,812
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angehöriger der Subkultur des Punks, die bewusst die Wertvorstellungen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft ablehnt und durch provozierendes Aussehen und rebellisches Verhalten auffällt
| 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) |
Where “Punker” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Punker is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaŋkɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,812 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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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Using “Punker”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-U-N-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaŋkɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.