kraulen

[ˈkʁaʊ̯lən]

/[ˈkʁaʊ̯lən]/ verb

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The verdict

“kraulen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,756 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,756
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die leicht gekrümmten Finger auf der Haut oder im Haar bewegen, um angenehme Gefühle hervorzurufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kraulen · kraulen · German

kraulen · rank #60,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,756
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH krankhaften

Nearest frequency peer: krankhaften (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kraulen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kraulen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kraulen
PropertyValue
Headwordkraulen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʁaʊ̯lən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kraulen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kraulenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „krankhaften“ (#60,755), „Krebskranke“ (#60,757), „korrektes“ (#60,754). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kraulen“ bei #60,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kraulen is uncommon German at frequency #60,756 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁaʊ̯lən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die leicht gekrümmten Finger auf der Haut oder im Haar bewegen, um angenehme Gefühle hervorzurufen".

Zero misspellings are on record for kraulen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kraulen, spelled K-R-A-U-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die leicht gekrümmten Finger auf der Haut oder im Haar bewegen, um angenehme Gefühle hervorzurufen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kraulen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie kraulte den Hund noch eine Weile hinter den Ohren.
  2. Du könntest mir den Rücken kraulen oder die Füße massieren.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kraulen"?
"kraulen" is spelled K-R-A-U-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁaʊ̯lən].
What does "kraulen" mean?
As a verb, "kraulen" means: die leicht gekrümmten Finger auf der Haut oder im Haar bewegen, um angenehme Gefühle hervorzurufen
How do you pronounce "kraulen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kraulen" is [ˈkʁaʊ̯lən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kraulen" come from?
"kraulen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kraulen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

konträr#60,752konisch#60,751Kolibri#60,746kodiert#60,745

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list