Krankentransport

[ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]

/[ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]/ noun

The verdict

“Krankentransport” is uncommon German (frequency #80,583 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,583
frequency rank, German
55,078
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Transport von Kranken

Corpus desk

Index DE-krankentransport · Krankentransport · German

Krankentransport · rank #80,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,583
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 55,078
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kostbarkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Kostbarkeit (-2 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Krankentransport”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Krankentransport” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Krankentransport
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrankentransport
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]
Letters16
Frequency rank#80,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Krankentransport” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Krankentransport lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krankentransport is uncommon German at frequency #80,583 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Transport von Kranken".

Krankentransport doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Krankentransport, spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Transport von Kranken

Synonyms

Krankenbeförderung

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Krankentransport"?
"Krankentransport" is spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt].
What does "Krankentransport" mean?
As a noun, "Krankentransport" means: der Transport von Kranken
How do you pronounce "Krankentransport"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krankentransport" is [ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krankentransport" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list