kramen
[ˈkʁaːmən]
The verdict
“kramen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,488 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,488
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in einer Menge von Sachen (mit wenig Ordnung oder System) umherschauen und suchen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kramen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaːmən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kramen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kramen is uncommon German at frequency #70,488 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁaːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kramen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 kramen, spelled K-R-A-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einer Menge von Sachen (mit wenig Ordnung oder System) umherschauen und suchen
- 2in einer Menge von Sachen etwas (mit wenig Ordnung oder System) (heraus-)suchen und entnehmen
- 3kleinere Dinge einkaufen
Synonyms
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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Using “kramen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-A-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.