kreuzigen

[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɪɡn̩]

/[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɪɡn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“kreuzigen” is uncommon German (frequency #91,844 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,844
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden zur Hinrichtung ans Kreuz schlagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-kreuzigen · kreuzigen · German

kreuzigen · rank #91,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,844
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kreisverbände

Nearest frequency peer: Kreisverbände (-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 „kreuzigen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kreuzigen
PropertyValue
Headwordkreuzigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɪɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,844
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kreuzigen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).kreuzigenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kreisverbände“ (#91,843), „Krisenregionen“ (#91,846), „krassem“ (#91,841). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kreuzigen“ bei #91,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kreuzigen is uncommon German at frequency #91,844 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden zur Hinrichtung ans Kreuz schlagen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kreuzigen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 explicit etymology string is stored 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 kreuzigen, spelled K-R-E-U-Z-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden zur Hinrichtung ans Kreuz schlagen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jesus wurde gekreuzigt.
  2. „Pilatus sprach zu ihnen: Was soll ich dann machen mit Jesus, von dem gesagt wird, er sei der Christus? Sie sprachen alle: Lass ihn kreuzigen! Er aber sagte: Was hat er denn Böses getan? Sie schrien aber noch mehr: Lass ihn kreuzigen!“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kreuzigen"?
"kreuzigen" is spelled K-R-E-U-Z-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɪɡn̩].
What does "kreuzigen" mean?
As a verb, "kreuzigen" means: jemanden zur Hinrichtung ans Kreuz schlagen
How do you pronounce "kreuzigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kreuzigen" is [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kreuzigen" come from?
"kreuzigen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list