krank
German, adjective
krank is spelled K-R-A-N-K (5 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written German, the 1,735th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krank is a German adjective meaning “ill, sick (in bad health)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, kränk is a different word: “singular imperative of kränken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperlich und/oder psychisch gesundheitlich eingeschränkt”.
What does krank mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ill, sick (in bad health)
- 2
sick, morally or mentally degenerate
- 3
slangvery interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick
verb
- 1
singular imperative of kränken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. körperlich und/oder psychisch gesundheitlich eingeschränkt 2. unsinnig, absurd 3. durch einen Schuss verletzt
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 krank
- kranker masculine nominative singular
- kränker comparative
- am kränksten superlative
- am kränkesten superlative
- am kranksten superlative
- am krankesten superlative
- kranke feminine nominative singular
- krankes neuter nominative singular
- kranken genitive masculine singular
- krankem dative masculine singular
- der kranke definite includes-article masculine
- die kranke definite feminine includes-article
- das kranke definite includes-article neuter
- die kranken definite includes-article nominative
- des kranken definite genitive includes-article
- der kranken definite feminine genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to krank
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is krank in German?
krank appears 49 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).