Kinderkrippe

[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]

/[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kinderkrippe” is uncommon German (frequency #58,921 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,921
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Betreuungseinrichtung für Kinder unter 3 Jahren

Corpus desk

Index DE-kinderkrippe · Kinderkrippe · German

Kinderkrippe · rank #58,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,921
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kaufentscheid…

Nearest frequency peer: Kaufentscheidung (-3 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 „Kinderkrippe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kinderkrippe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kinderkrippe
PropertyValue
HeadwordKinderkrippe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kinderkrippe“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kinderkrippefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kaufentscheidung“ (#58,918), „Kleingedruckte“ (#58,924), „Kassa“ (#58,917). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kinderkrippe“ bei #58,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kinderkrippe is uncommon German at frequency #58,921 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Betreuungseinrichtung für Kinder unter 3 Jahren".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kinderkrippe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kinderkrippe, spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-I-P-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Betreuungseinrichtung für Kinder unter 3 Jahren

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kinderkrippe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um ihrem Beruf wieder nachgehen zu können, geben einige Mütter ihr Kind in eine Kinderkrippe.

This word in other languages

nursery(English)guardería(Español)crèche(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kinderkrippe"?
"Kinderkrippe" is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-I-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə].
What does "Kinderkrippe" mean?
As a noun, "Kinderkrippe" means: eine Betreuungseinrichtung für Kinder unter 3 Jahren
How do you pronounce "Kinderkrippe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kinderkrippe" is [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kinderkrippe" come from?
"Kinderkrippe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kinderkrippe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kriegführung#58,939herbstlichen#58,868Herausgebers#58,867Lithographie#58,976

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list