Kraftwort
[ˈkʁaftˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Kraftwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person derb/ drastisch benannt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-kraftwort · Kraftwort · German
Kraftwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kraftwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaftˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kraftwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kraftwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaftˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Kraftwort has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kraftwort, spelled K-R-A-F-T-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person derb/ drastisch benannt wird
- 2Ausspruch derben/ drastischen Inhalts
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kraftwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ladendorf (1906) nennt „Kadavergehorsam“ als Kraftwort: „Kadavergehorsam, … seit Ausgang der siebziger Jahre des 19. Jahrhunderts belegt… Das verächtliche Kraftwort gehört zu den Trümpfen der Sozialdemokraten und wird mit Vorliebe gegen die militärische Subordination gewandt.“
„Ein Kraftwort ist ein derber, übertreibender, bizarr-anschaulicher Ausdruck aus der niederen Umgangssprache, der eben dadurch imstande ist, ein Ding nicht nur zu nennen, sondern gleichzeitig die Gefühle des Sprechenden zu entladen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.