Krambambuli
German, noun/kʁamˈbambuˌliː/
Krambambuli is spelled K-R-A-M-B-A-M-B-U-L-I (11 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written German, the 495,385th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krambambuli is a German masculine noun meaning “strong liquor distilled from juniper berries and cherries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Spirituose roter Farbe”.
What does Krambambuli mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinestrong liquor distilled from juniper berries and cherries
- 2
datedmasculinecrambambuli (drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spirituose roter Farbe
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 Krambambuli
- Krambambulis genitive
- Crambambuli alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krambambuli?
- /kʁamˈbambuˌliː/
- [kʁamˈbambuli]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Krambambuli in German?
Krambambuli appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).