kratzig
[ˈkʁat͡sɪç]
The verdict
“kratzig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so rau beschaffen, dass es Abrieb verursacht, wenn es über etwas streift; beziehungsweise sich so anfühlt, als ob
Corpus desk
Index DE-kratzig · kratzig · German
kratzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kratzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁat͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kratzig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kratzig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʁat͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for kratzig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kratzig, spelled K-R-A-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1so rau beschaffen, dass es Abrieb verursacht, wenn es über etwas streift; beziehungsweise sich so anfühlt, als ob
- 2heiser
- 3unfreundlich, schlecht gelaunt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kratzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorbei [sind] die Zeiten, als Jugendherberge oft für kratzige Wolldecken, quietschende Stockwerkbetten und verzuckerten Pfefferminztee stand.
Nach seiner Rehabilitation kehrte er [Jack Klugmann] aber 1993 erfolgreich auf die Theaterbühne zurück - nur seine durchdringende knurrige Stimme war fortan ein wenig schwächer und kratziger.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.