Kleinkrieg
[ˈklaɪ̯nˌkʁiːk]
The verdict
“Kleinkrieg” is uncommon German (frequency #67,391 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,391
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Konflikt zwischen zwei oder mehr Parteien um eher Unbedeutendes
Corpus desk
Index DE-kleinkrieg · Kleinkrieg · German
Kleinkrieg · rank #67,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,391
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kleinbetriebe
Nearest frequency peer: Kleinbetriebe (-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 „Kleinkrieg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- klagenden
klagenden
32,613 corpus weight
- klarkommt
klarkommt
32,612 corpus weight
- Kleinbetrie…
Kleinbetriebe
32,611 corpus weight
- Kleinkrieg
Kleinkrieg
32,610 corpus weight
- Klimakatast…
Klimakatastrophe
32,609 corpus weight
- Klingenthal
Klingenthal
32,608 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kleinkrieg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kleinkrieg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nˌkʁiːk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kleinkrieg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kleinkrieg is uncommon German at frequency #67,391 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklaɪ̯nˌkʁiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Konflikt zwischen zwei oder mehr Parteien um eher Unbedeutendes".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kleinkrieg, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Kleinkrieg, spelled K-L-E-I-N-K-R-I-E-G.
Definition
- 1Konflikt zwischen zwei oder mehr Parteien um eher Unbedeutendes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kleinkrieg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Müller und Schulze liefern sich seit Jahren einen erbitterten Kleinkrieg.
Der Kleinkrieg zwischen den verschiedenen Lagern in der Partei will kein Ende nehmen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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