krass
German, adjective/kʁas/
krass is spelled K-R-A-S-S (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krass is a German adjective meaning “stark, extreme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “extrem, besonders intensiv”.
What does krass mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stark, extreme
krasse Gegensätze
- 2
colloquialamazing, incredible, remarkable
Das ist ja krass! Das hat der echt zu dir gesagt?!
- 3
slangawesome, phat, cool
Krasse Schuhe, Alter!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. extrem, besonders intensiv 2. Ausruf der Überraschung
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 krass
- krasser masculine nominative singular
- am krassesten superlative
- krasse feminine nominative singular
- krasses neuter nominative singular
- krassen genitive masculine singular
- krassem dative masculine singular
- der krasse definite includes-article masculine
- die krasse definite feminine includes-article
- das krasse definite includes-article neuter
- die krassen definite includes-article nominative
- des krassen definite genitive includes-article
- der krassen definite feminine genitive
- dem krassen dative definite includes-article
- kraß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce krass?
- /kʁas/
- [kʁas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to krass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is krass in German?
krass appears 21 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).