kreideweiß
[ˈkʁaɪ̯dəˌvaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“kreideweiß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr blass, weiß wie Kreide
Corpus desk
Index DE-kreidewei · kreideweiß · German
kreideweiß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | kreideweiß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaɪ̯dəˌvaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kreideweiß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kreideweiß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʁaɪ̯dəˌvaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr blass, weiß wie Kreide".
kreideweiß has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kreideweiß, spelled K-R-E-I-D-E-W-E-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1sehr blass, weiß wie Kreide
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kreideweiß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Hauch von Farbe erschien auf den bis dahin kreideweißen Wangen und verbreitete sich unter dem sonderbar üppigen sandfarbenen Bartwuchs.“
„Ganz still lag sie da, kreideweiß, und die Männer und Frauen flüsterten sich zu, dass sie eher aussah, als sei sie ertrunken, nicht, als sei sie zu Tode gedrückt worden.“
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.