Kralle
German, noun
Kralle is spelled K-R-A-L-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kralle is a German feminine noun meaning “claw, talon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kralle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Horn gewachsene, gebogene, spitz zulaufende Hautbildung an den Zehen und Vorderzehen von Wirbeltieren”.
What does Kralle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclaw, talon
- 2
femininewheel clamp
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Horn gewachsene, gebogene, spitz zulaufende Hautbildung an den Zehen und Vorderzehen von Wirbeltieren 2. Gebilde an den Extremitäten von Gliederfüßern 3. Hand 4. Gerät in Form einer Kralle von Wirbeltieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kralle
- Krallen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kralle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kralle in German?
Kralle appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).