krankmelden
German, verb[ˈkʁaŋkˌmɛldn̩]
krankmelden is spelled K-R-A-N-K-M-E-L-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krankmelden is a German verb meaning “to report sick, to call in sick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mitteilen, dass man krank ist, aufgrund einer Erkrankung nicht zur Arbeit erscheint”.
What does krankmelden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to report sick, to call in sick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mitteilen, dass man krank ist, aufgrund einer Erkrankung nicht zur Arbeit erscheint
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 krankmelden
- meldet krank present singular third-person
- meldete krank past
- krankgemeldet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- krankmeldend participle present
- krankzumelden infinitive infinitive-zu
- melde krank first-person indicative present
- melden krank first-person indicative plural
- meldest krank indicative present second-person
- meldeten krank first-person indicative plural
- meldetest krank indicative preterite second-person
- meldetet krank indicative plural preterite
- meld krank! imperative singular
- meldet krank! imperative plural
- sich krankmelden active present
- sich krankgemeldet haben active perfect
- krankgemeldet sein statal-reflexive present
- krankgemeldet gewesen sein statal-reflexive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce krankmelden?
- [ˈkʁaŋkˌmɛldn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is krankmelden in German?
krankmelden appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).