kümmern
\kʏmɐn\
The verdict
“kümmern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - avec um (+ accusatif) : s'occuper de, prendre soin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kummern · kümmern · French
kümmern · 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 | kümmern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʏmɐn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
kümmern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kʏmɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for kümmern in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is kümmern, spelled K-Ü-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1avec um (+ accusatif) : s'occuper de, prendre soin.
- 2avec um (+ accusatif) : effectuer, prendre en charge.
- 3Se soucier de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kümmern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie weigert sich ihn hineinzulassen und bittet ihn zu gehen, zunächst freundlich, dann weniger nett. Sei’s drum! Auf dem Treppenabsatz schlitzt er sich die Adern auf. Um sich um ihn zu kümmern, muss sie ja wohl aufmachen. Man legt ihn in die Küche; dort schlabbert das Hündchen munter das Blut auf, das ihm aus dem Handgelenk rinnt.
Die große Weltpolitik sei eigentlich nicht sein Feld, er kümmere sich um das Kommunale (...), sagt Grubliauskas.
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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.