Krapfen
German, noun/ˈkʁapfən/
Krapfen is spelled K-R-A-P-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krapfen is a German masculine noun meaning “fritter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rundes Gebäckstück aus Hefeteig, das in heißem Fett ausgebacken wird und oft mit Marmelade gefüllt wird”.
What does Krapfen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefritter
- 2
Austriamasculineellipsoidal filled doughnut, cruller
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rundes Gebäckstück aus Hefeteig, das in heißem Fett ausgebacken wird und oft mit Marmelade gefüllt wird 2. kleines Stück Fleisch oder Gemüse, das zuerst in Teig getaucht und dann in Fett schwimmend ausgebacken 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 Krapfen
- Krapfens genitive
- Krapferl diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krapfen?
- /ˈkʁapfən/
- [ˈkʁ̥ap͡fɱ̩]
- [ˈkʁap͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Krapfen in German?
Krapfen appears 1.1 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).