Gekritzel
[ɡəˈkʁɪt͡sl̩]
The verdict
“Gekritzel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas unordentlich, schwer erkennbar oder ohne große Sorgfalt Dahingeschriebenes oder -gemaltes
Corpus desk
Index DE-gekritzel · Gekritzel · German
Gekritzel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Gekritzel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈkʁɪt͡sl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gekritzel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gekritzel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈkʁɪt͡sl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas unordentlich, schwer erkennbar oder ohne große Sorgfalt Dahingeschriebenes oder -gemaltes".
Gekritzel has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gekritzel, spelled G-E-K-R-I-T-Z-E-L.
Definition
- 1etwas unordentlich, schwer erkennbar oder ohne große Sorgfalt Dahingeschriebenes oder -gemaltes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gekritzel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Block neben dem Telefon enthielt schon einiges Gekritzel meiner Mutter, die während des Telefonierens stets kritzelte.
Deine Schrift ist furchtbar! Niemand kann ein solches Gekritzel entziffern!
This word in other languages
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.