Arschkriecher
[ˈaʁʃˌkʁiːçɐ]
The verdict
“Arschkriecher” is uncommon German (frequency #70,005 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,005
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der anderen übertrieben schmeichelt, um Vorteile zu erlangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-arschkriecher · Arschkriecher · German
Arschkriecher · rank #70,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,005
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Arschbacken
Nearest frequency peer: Arschbacken (-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 „Arschkriecher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arbeitseink…
Arbeitseinkommen
30,000 corpus weight
- architekton…
architektonischer
29,999 corpus weight
- Armor
Armor
29,998 corpus weight
- Arschbacken
Arschbacken
29,997 corpus weight
- Arschkriech…
Arschkriecher
29,996 corpus weight
- Aruba
Aruba
29,994 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Arschkriecher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arschkriecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁʃˌkʁiːçɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Arschkriecher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Arschkriecher is uncommon German at frequency #70,005 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁʃˌkʁiːçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der anderen übertrieben schmeichelt, um Vorteile zu erlangen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Arschkriecher in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Arschkriecher, spelled A-R-S-C-H-K-R-I-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der anderen übertrieben schmeichelt, um Vorteile zu erlangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Arschkriecher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Abteilungsleiter ist ein solcher Arschkriecher, dass mir manchmal schlecht werden könnte.
„Der Unterschied zwischen ihm und dem Chef bestand darin, daß er kein Arschkriecher war, weil er nicht befördert wurde, während der Chef nicht befördert wurde, weil er kein Arschkriecher war.“
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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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