crave
[kreɪv]
The verdict
“crave” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aufrichtig/ernst um etwas bitten, (sich) sehnen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crave |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kreɪv] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crave” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for crave is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kreɪv]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crave, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is crave, spelled C-R-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1aufrichtig/ernst um etwas bitten, (sich) sehnen
- 2sehr dringend wollen (sich nach etwas verzehren; lechzen)
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.
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Using “crave”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-R-A-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kreɪv] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.