krankenhausreif
German, adjective[ˈkʁaŋkn̩haʊ̯sʁaɪ̯f]
krankenhausreif is a German adjective meaning “needing hospitalization (especially of a person beaten up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass eine Behandlung im Krankenhaus nötig wird”.
What does krankenhausreif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
needing hospitalization (especially of a person beaten up)
Das Opfer wurde krankenhausreif geprügelt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass eine Behandlung im Krankenhaus nötig wird
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 krankenhausreif
- krankenhausreifer masculine nominative singular
- krankenhausreife feminine nominative singular
- krankenhausreifes neuter nominative singular
- krankenhausreifen genitive masculine singular
- krankenhausreifem dative masculine singular
- der krankenhausreife definite includes-article masculine
- die krankenhausreife definite feminine includes-article
- das krankenhausreife definite includes-article neuter
- die krankenhausreifen definite includes-article nominative
- des krankenhausreifen definite genitive includes-article
- der krankenhausreifen definite feminine genitive
- dem krankenhausreifen dative definite includes-article
- den krankenhausreifen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce krankenhausreif?
- [ˈkʁaŋkn̩haʊ̯sʁaɪ̯f]
- [ˈkʁaŋkn̩haʊ̯sˌʁaɪ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is krankenhausreif in German?
krankenhausreif appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).