gekröpft
[ɡəˈkʁœp͡ft]
The verdict
“gekröpft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft von Gesimsen oder maschinentechnischen Konstruktionsteilen, deren Achse durch zwei rechtwinklige Abbiegungen parallel verschoben ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-gekropft · gekröpft · German
gekröpft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gekröpft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈkʁœp͡ft] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gekröpft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gekröpft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈkʁœp͡ft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft von Gesimsen oder maschinentechnischen Konstruktionsteilen, deren Achse durch zwei rechtwinklige Abbiegungen parallel verschoben ist".
gekröpft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gekröpft, spelled G-E-K-R-Ö-P-F-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft von Gesimsen oder maschinentechnischen Konstruktionsteilen, deren Achse durch zwei rechtwinklige Abbiegungen parallel verschoben ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gekröpft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Kurbelwelle war sechsfach gekröpft - für jeden der sechs Vierzylinder-Sterne einmal.“
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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.