konzern
\kɔnt.sɛʁn\
The verdict
“konzern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Association d’entreprises, sous contrôle familial, juridiquement distinctes, concentrant des activités horizontalement et verticalement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-konzern · konzern · French
konzern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | konzern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔnt.sɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « konzern » en français
Rare enough to double-check
konzern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔnt.sɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Association d’entreprises, sous contrôle familial, juridiquement distinctes, concentrant des activités horizontalement et verticalement.".
konzern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is konzern, spelled K-O-N-Z-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Association d’entreprises, sous contrôle familial, juridiquement distinctes, concentrant des activités horizontalement et verticalement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how konzern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La reconcentration et la recartellisation de la Ruhr ont atteint un point qui fait que les cartels et les « konzernen » sont plus puissants en 1957 qu'en 1939.
En 1976 j'ai fait observer que l'audace d'une demande présentée par un konzern allemand afin de s'agrandir encore était un peu forte. La demande fut retirée, c'est-à-dire que la recartellisation fut acquise sans autorisation !
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.