Kinderkreuzzug
German, noun/ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡st͡suːk/
Kinderkreuzzug is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-E-U-Z-Z-U-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kinderkreuzzug is a German masculine noun meaning “Children's Crusade (episode of popular crusading in 1212, traditionally misunderstood as mainly perpetrated by children)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen bestehender Tross, der im Jahr 1212 in Richtung des Heiligen Landes…”.
What does Kinderkreuzzug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineChildren's Crusade (episode of popular crusading in 1212, traditionally misunderstood as mainly perpetrated by children)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen bestehender Tross, der im Jahr 1212 in Richtung des Heiligen Landes zog
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 Kinderkreuzzug
- Kinderkreuzzuges genitive
- Kinderkreuzzugs genitive
- Kinderkreuzzüge plural
- Kinderkreuzzuge dative singular
- Kinderkreuzzügen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kinderkreuzzug?
- /ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡st͡suːk/
- [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡st͡suːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kinderkreuzzug in German?
Kinderkreuzzug appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).