krauchen
[ˈkʁaʊ̯xn̩]
The verdict
“krauchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kriechen; sich beschwerlich, langsam bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-krauchen · krauchen · German
krauchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | krauchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaʊ̯xn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „krauchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
krauchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁaʊ̯xn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kriechen; sich beschwerlich, langsam bewegen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for krauchen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is krauchen, spelled K-R-A-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kriechen; sich beschwerlich, langsam bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krauchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diesbezügliche Informationen krauchen bei mir schneckenartig von Synapse zu Synapse.'Mein Leben als Mensch. Illustriert von Larissa Bertonasco. 2. Auflage. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2009, Seite 38. .
„Nun bitte ich Sie um alles in der Welt: wie vernichte ich denn nun die Hunderttausende von Raupen, die im Mai und Juni auf die Bäume krauchen??“
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.