Kreuzgang
[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Kreuzgang” is uncommon German (frequency #51,485 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,485
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gangart von Vierbeinern, bei der die Gliedmaßen versetzt vorgesetzt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-kreuzgang · Kreuzgang · German
Kreuzgang · rank #51,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,485
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kräftigem
Nearest frequency peer: kräftigem (+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 „Kreuzgang“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kraftstoffe
Kraftstoffe
48,520 corpus weight
- krebserrege…
krebserregend
48,519 corpus weight
- Kreuzgang
Kreuzgang
48,516 corpus weight
- kräftigem
kräftigem
48,515 corpus weight
- krönte
krönte
48,514 corpus weight
- Kulturverein
Kulturverein
48,513 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kreuzgang“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kreuzgang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kreuzgang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kreuzgang is uncommon German at frequency #51,485 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌɡaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Kreuzgang in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Kreuzgang, spelled K-R-E-U-Z-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gangart von Vierbeinern, bei der die Gliedmaßen versetzt vorgesetzt werden
- 2Galeriegang oder Wandelgang in christlichen Klöstern, der einen Innenhof umgibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kreuzgang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die meisten vierbeinigen Tiere, darunter auch der Mensch, bewegen sich vorwiegend im Kreuzgang fort.
Der Kreuzgang verbindet die einzelnen Klostergebäude und war früher ein wichtiger Aufenthaltsort im Kloster.
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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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).