kreischen
German, verb
kreischen is spelled K-R-E-I-S-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kreischen is a German verb meaning “to squeal, to shriek, to scream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kreischen is a different word: “diminutive of Kreis”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Schrei mit lauter, hoher Stimme ausstoßen”.
What does kreischen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squeal, to shriek, to scream
- 2
to screech
- 3
colloquialto cry, to weep
- 4
to squawk
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Kreis
noun
- 1
neutergerund of kreischen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Schrei mit lauter, hoher Stimme ausstoßen 2. ein lautes, schrilles Geräusch ausstoßen
noun: 1. kleine absolut runde Form
noun: 1. lautes hohes (durchdringendes) Geräusch
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 kreischen
- kreischt present singular third-person
- kreischte past
- krisch archaic past
- gekreischt participle past
- gekrischen archaic participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kreischend participle present
- kreische first-person indicative present
- kreischst indicative present second-person
- kreischest second-person singular subjunctive
- kreischet plural second-person subjunctive
- kreischten first-person indicative plural
- krischen archaic first-person indicative
- krische archaic first-person formal
- kreischtest indicative preterite second-person
- krischst archaic indicative preterite
- kreischtet indicative plural preterite
- krischt archaic indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kreischen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kreischen in German?
kreischen appears 1.4 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).