Angriffskrieg
[ˈanɡʁɪfsˌkʁiːk]
The verdict
“Angriffskrieg” is uncommon German (frequency #63,105 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,105
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Überfall (überraschender, völkerrechtswidriger Angriff) auf einen anderen Staat
Corpus desk
Index DE-angriffskrieg · Angriffskrieg · German
Angriffskrieg · rank #63,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,105
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Annonce
Nearest frequency peer: Annonce (+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 „Angriffskrieg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Alz
Alz
36,902 corpus weight
- Andrzej
Andrzej
36,899 corpus weight
- Angriffskri…
Angriffskrieg
36,896 corpus weight
- Annonce
Annonce
36,895 corpus weight
- anzündet
anzündet
36,892 corpus weight
- Arbeitskrei…
Arbeitskreise
36,891 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Angriffskrieg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angriffskrieg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanɡʁɪfsˌkʁiːk] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Angriffskrieg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Angriffskrieg is uncommon German at frequency #63,105 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanɡʁɪfsˌkʁiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Überfall (überraschender, völkerrechtswidriger Angriff) auf einen anderen Staat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Angriffskrieg in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Angriffskrieg, spelled A-N-G-R-I-F-F-S-K-R-I-E-G.
Definition
- 1Überfall (überraschender, völkerrechtswidriger Angriff) auf einen anderen Staat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Angriffskrieg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Polenfeldzug war ein Angriffskrieg Hitlers.
„Am dritten Tag des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine erschütterten Straßenkämpfe und Artilleriefeuer die Hauptstadt Kiew und umliegende Gebiete.“
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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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