kreuzbrav
[kʁɔɪ̯t͡sˈbʁaːf]
The verdict
“kreuzbrav” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - überaus rechtschaffen, redlich, untadelig, bieder
Corpus desk
Index DE-kreuzbrav · kreuzbrav · German
kreuzbrav · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | kreuzbrav |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kʁɔɪ̯t͡sˈbʁaːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kreuzbrav“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kreuzbrav is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kʁɔɪ̯t͡sˈbʁaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "überaus rechtschaffen, redlich, untadelig, bieder".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kreuzbrav, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kreuzbrav, spelled K-R-E-U-Z-B-R-A-V.
Definition
- 1überaus rechtschaffen, redlich, untadelig, bieder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kreuzbrav appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bischöfe, Pfarrer, das kreuzbrave Kirchenvolk, sie alle haben gegen einen Weihbischof protestiert, der einen Wirbelsturm für eine Strafe Gottes hält […].“
„Der Forstmeister is a kreuzbraver Herr, und ’s Fräulein is a liebs Gschöpferl! Da wird’s Ihnen gfallen.“
This word in other languages
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.