Krängung
[ˈkʁɛŋʊŋ]
The verdict
“Krängung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neigung von Schiffen zur Seite
Corpus desk
Index DE-krangung · Krängung · German
Krängung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Krängung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɛŋʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Krängung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Krängung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɛŋʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Neigung von Schiffen zur Seite".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Krängung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Krängung, spelled K-R-Ä-N-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Neigung von Schiffen zur Seite
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Krängung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gegenfluten bezeichnet das bewusste Fluten nicht lebensnotwendiger Bereiche eines Schiffes, um eine Krängung zu verringern.“
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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.