Kreisläufer

[ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]

/[ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kreisläufer” is uncommon German (frequency #94,520 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,520
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler

Corpus desk

Index DE-kreislaufer · Kreisläufer · German

Kreisläufer · rank #94,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,520
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Krebsleiden

Nearest frequency peer: Krebsleiden (-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 „Kreisläufer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kreisläufer
PropertyValue
HeadwordKreisläufer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,520
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kreisläufer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kreisläuferfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Krebsleiden“ (#94,519), „Kriegswirren“ (#94,521), „Kroketten“ (#94,522). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kreisläufer“ bei #94,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kreisläufer is uncommon German at frequency #94,520 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler".

Kreisläufer has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kreisläufer, spelled K-R-E-I-S-L-Ä-U-F-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Kreisläufer erzielte fünf Tore.

Synonyms

Kreisspieler

This word in other languages

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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 "Kreisläufer"?
"Kreisläufer" is spelled K-R-E-I-S-L-Ä-U-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ].
What does "Kreisläufer" mean?
As a noun, "Kreisläufer" means: am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler
How do you pronounce "Kreisläufer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kreisläufer" is [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kreisläufer" come from?
"Kreisläufer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Krebsleiden#94,519Kraftfutter#94,517Landesvater#94,534Kolloquiums#94,502

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list