Kinderkrippe

[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]

/[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kinderkrippe” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,921 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#58,921
frequency rank, German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Betreuungseinrichtung für Kinder unter 3 Jahren

Key facts for Kinderkrippe
PropertyValue
HeadwordKinderkrippe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kinderkrippe” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Kinderkrippe lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kinderkrippe is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,921 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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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Using “Kinderkrippe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-I-N-D-E-R-K-R-I-P-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkɪndɐˌkʁɪpə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list