crave
[kreɪv]
The verdict
“crave” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufrichtig/ernst um etwas bitten, (sich) sehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-crave · crave · German
crave · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | crave |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kreɪv] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „crave“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
crave is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kreɪv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most lonely people crave for some affection or sympathy.
He became a junkie craving for the next ›shot‹.
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.