kraus
German, adjective[kʁaʊ̯s]
kraus is spelled K-R-A-U-S (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kraus is a German adjective meaning “curly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “voller Falten, nicht mehr glatt”.
What does kraus mean in English?
adjective
- 1
curly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. voller Falten, nicht mehr glatt 2. voller enger Locken, gekräuselt 3. nicht gut nachvollziehbar, verwirrt, verworren und verwirrend 4. als Masche links gestrickt sein
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 kraus
- krauser masculine nominative singular
- am krausesten superlative
- krause feminine nominative singular
- krauses neuter nominative singular
- krausen genitive masculine singular
- krausem dative masculine singular
- der krause definite includes-article masculine
- die krause definite feminine includes-article
- das krause definite includes-article neuter
- die krausen definite includes-article nominative
- des krausen definite genitive includes-article
- der krausen definite feminine genitive
- dem krausen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kraus?
- [kʁaʊ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kraus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kraus in German?
kraus appears 5.9 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).