Krampfadern

[ˈkʁamp͡fˌʔaːdɐn]

/[ˈkʁamp͡fˌʔaːdɐn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Krampfadern” is uncommon German (frequency #89,170 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,170
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Krampfader

Corpus desk

Index DE-krampfadern · Krampfadern · German

Krampfadern · rank #89,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,170
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Krankenschein

Nearest frequency peer: Krankenschein (+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 „Krampfadern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Krampfadern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krampfadern
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrampfadern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁamp͡fˌʔaːdɐn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Krampfadern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Krampfadernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Krankenschein“ (#89,171), „Kostproben“ (#89,168), „Krankheitssymptome“ (#89,172). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Krampfadern“ bei #89,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krampfadern is uncommon German at frequency #89,170 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁamp͡fˌʔaːdɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Krampfadern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Krampfadern, spelled K-R-A-M-P-F-A-D-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Krampfader
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Krampfader
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krampfader
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Krampfader

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Krampfadern"?
"Krampfadern" is spelled K-R-A-M-P-F-A-D-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁamp͡fˌʔaːdɐn].
What does "Krampfadern" mean?
As a noun, "Krampfadern" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Krampfader
How do you pronounce "Krampfadern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krampfadern" is [ˈkʁamp͡fˌʔaːdɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krampfadern" come from?
"Krampfadern" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Krampfadern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kollabierte#89,163Kloschüssel#89,161Kunstdünger#89,183kenianische#89,150

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list