Croissant
German, noun/kro̯aˈsã/
Croissant is spelled C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croissant is a German masculine noun meaning “croissant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein süßes oder herzhaftes Gebäck aus Blätterteig in Form eines Horns”.
What does Croissant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterrarecroissant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein süßes oder herzhaftes Gebäck aus Blätterteig in Form eines Horns
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Croissant
- Croissants genitive
- Krossong alternative humorous pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Croissant?
- /kro̯aˈsã/
- [kʁwaˈsãː]
- [kʁo.a-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Croissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Croissant in German?
Croissant appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).