Sternkunde
[ˈʃtɛʁnˌkʊndə]
The verdict
“Sternkunde” 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) - die Wissenschaft von den Gestirnen (Astronomie)
Corpus desk
Index DE-sternkunde · Sternkunde · German
Sternkunde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Sternkunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁnˌkʊndə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sternkunde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sternkunde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛʁnˌkʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wissenschaft von den Gestirnen (Astronomie)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sternkunde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Sternkunde, spelled S-T-E-R-N-K-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1die Wissenschaft von den Gestirnen (Astronomie)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sternkunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwar gibt es im deutschen Sprachraum nur etwa 800 Berufsastronomen, aber um sie herum flimmert eine ganze Milchstraße von Amateurastronomen und begeisterten Laien der Sternkunde.“
„Sehr artig wär's, wenn Du doch einmal Deine Träume gern näher überlegst, die Nacht drauf in einem neuen Traum den vorigen zu bedenken, bei Tag aber recht lustig und vergnügt und fleißig zu sein, denn sonst läufst Du Gefahr, einem gewissen Mann ähnlich zu werden, der sehr bewandert in der Sternkunde war und alle Augenblicke in einen Graben fiel, ja endlic…
Synonyms
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.