Kreuzritter

[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʁɪtɐ]

/[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʁɪtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kreuzritter” is uncommon German (frequency #59,815 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,815
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adliger Teilnehmer eines Kreuzzuges im Mittelalter

Corpus desk

Index DE-kreuzritter · Kreuzritter · German

Kreuzritter · rank #59,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,815
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsgefange…

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsgefangener (+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 „Kreuzritter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kreuzritter
PropertyValue
HeadwordKreuzritter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʁɪtɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kreuzritter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kreuzritterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegsgefangener“ (#59,816), „Kriegszeit“ (#59,817), „krasseste“ (#59,812). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kreuzritter“ bei #59,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kreuzritter is uncommon German at frequency #59,815 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʁɪtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "adliger Teilnehmer eines Kreuzzuges im Mittelalter".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kreuzritter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kreuzritter, spelled K-R-E-U-Z-R-I-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    adliger Teilnehmer eines Kreuzzuges im Mittelalter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Leonhard Reichartinger […] war ein Kreuzritter aus bayrischem Adel.“
  2. „Vier Jahre später trafen die Kreuzritter in der Region ein und siedelten sich im Kulmer Gebiet an, das ihnen von Konrad zugeteilt worden war.“

Synonyms

KreuzfahrerKreuzzügler

This word in other languages

crusader(English)cruzado(Español)croisé(Français)

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 "Kreuzritter"?
"Kreuzritter" is spelled K-R-E-U-Z-R-I-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʁɪtɐ].
What does "Kreuzritter" mean?
As a noun, "Kreuzritter" means: adliger Teilnehmer eines Kreuzzuges im Mittelalter
How do you pronounce "Kreuzritter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kreuzritter" is [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʁɪtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kreuzritter" come from?
"Kreuzritter" 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 "Kreuzritter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Kunsthandel#59,821korrumpiert#59,807keramischen#59,790lebenswerte#59,841

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list