Crème de la Crème
[ˌkʁɛmdəlaˈkʁɛm]
The verdict
“Crème de la Crème” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gruppe, die als am besten/wichtigsten gilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-creme-de-la-creme · Crème de la Crème · German
Crème de la Crème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Crème de la Crème |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkʁɛmdəlaˈkʁɛm] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Crème de la Crème“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Crème de la Crème is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkʁɛmdəlaˈkʁɛm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gruppe, die als am besten/wichtigsten gilt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Crème de la Crème in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Crème de la Crème, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -D-E- -L-A- -C-R-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Gruppe, die als am besten/wichtigsten gilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Crème de la Crème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese Männer wurden psychologischen und physischen Tests unterzogen, die so strapaziös sind, dass nur einer von hundert Bewerbern sie besteht. Und wer führt uns, die wir die Crème de la Crème unserer Nation sind, wie man uns ständig einhämmert, wenn wir hier eintreffen?“
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.