Flusskrebs
[ˈflʊskʁeːps]
The verdict
“Flusskrebs” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein zehnfüßiger Süßwasserkrebs, der am Grunde von langsam fließenden Wasserläufen, Teichen und Seen lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-flusskrebs · Flusskrebs · German
Flusskrebs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Flusskrebs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflʊskʁeːps] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flusskrebs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flusskrebs is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflʊskʁeːps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein zehnfüßiger Süßwasserkrebs, der am Grunde von langsam fließenden Wasserläufen, Teichen und Seen lebt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Flusskrebs in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Flusskrebs, spelled F-L-U-S-S-K-R-E-B-S.
Definition
- 1ein zehnfüßiger Süßwasserkrebs, der am Grunde von langsam fließenden Wasserläufen, Teichen und Seen lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flusskrebs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Flusskrebs wird bis zu 18 cm groß.
Flusskrebse graben ihre Bauten in die Uferböden von Flüssen oder Teichen.
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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.