Kinderkriegen
[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁiːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Kinderkriegen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,467 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,467
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aktion, ein Kind/Kinder zur Welt zu bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kinderkriegen · Kinderkriegen · German
Kinderkriegen · rank #63,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,467
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kilometerweit
Nearest frequency peer: kilometerweit (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kinderkriegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kessels
Kessels
36,537 corpus weight
- Kevelaer
Kevelaer
36,536 corpus weight
- kilometerwe…
kilometerweit
36,535 corpus weight
- Kinderkrieg…
Kinderkriegen
36,534 corpus weight
- klack
klack
36,532 corpus weight
- Klavierunte…
Klavierunterricht
36,531 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kinderkriegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kinderkriegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁiːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kinderkriegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kinderkriegen is uncommon German at frequency #63,467 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁiːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aktion, ein Kind/Kinder zur Welt zu bringen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kinderkriegen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kinderkriegen, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Aktion, ein Kind/Kinder zur Welt zu bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kinderkriegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach der Kirchenlehre ist das auch der Sinn der Ehe und des Kinderkriegens.“
„Ich war mir nicht sicher, was das Kinderkriegen anbelangte, aber ich war mir sicher, dass Philip und ich unseren gemeinsamen Weg gehen würden.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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