krankhafter

[ˈkʁaŋkhaftɐ]

/[ˈkʁaŋkhaftɐ]/ adj

The verdict

“krankhafter” is uncommon German (frequency #95,840 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,840
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-krankhafter · krankhafter · German

krankhafter · rank #95,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,840
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Krankmeldung

Nearest frequency peer: Krankmeldung (+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 „krankhafter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for krankhafter
PropertyValue
Headwordkrankhafter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkʁaŋkhaftɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,840
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „krankhafter“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Krankmeldung“ (#95,841), „krauses“ (#95,842), „korruptes“ (#95,837). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „krankhafter“ bei #95,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

krankhafter is uncommon German at frequency #95,840 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʁaŋkhaftɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for krankhafter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is krankhafter, spelled K-R-A-N-K-H-A-F-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft

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 "krankhafter"?
"krankhafter" is spelled K-R-A-N-K-H-A-F-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁaŋkhaftɐ].
What does "krankhafter" mean?
As an adjective, "krankhafter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krankhaft
How do you pronounce "krankhafter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "krankhafter" is [ˈkʁaŋkhaftɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list