krächzen
[ˈkʁɛçt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“krächzen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,265 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,265
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Laut des Raben oder einer Krähe machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-krachzen · krächzen · German
krächzen · rank #97,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,265
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kroatischer
Nearest frequency peer: kroatischer (-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 „krächzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kriminologe
Kriminologe
2,740 corpus weight
- Kritikers
Kritikers
2,738 corpus weight
- kroatischer
kroatischer
2,737 corpus weight
- krächzen
krächzen
2,736 corpus weight
- kugeligen
kugeligen
2,734 corpus weight
- kulant
kulant
2,733 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „krächzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | krächzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɛçt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „krächzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
krächzen is uncommon German at frequency #97,265 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁɛçt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
krächzen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is krächzen, spelled K-R-Ä-C-H-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Laut des Raben oder einer Krähe machen
- 2mit heiserer Stimme sprechen oder singen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krächzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Rabe warf die Walnuss auf die Straße und krächzte vor Freude, als diese platzte.
Weil sich einige Sänger eine Erkältung zugezogen hatten, krächzten sie die Lieder.
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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