Kreuzspinne
German, noun[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʃpɪnə]
Kreuzspinne is spelled K-R-E-U-Z-S-P-I-N-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kreuzspinne is a German feminine noun meaning “Any spider of the genus Araneus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der Gattung Araneus aus der Familie der echten Radnetzspinnen”.
What does Kreuzspinne mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineAny spider of the genus Araneus.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der Gattung Araneus aus der Familie der echten Radnetzspinnen 2. häufigste einheimische Radnetzspinne mit kreuzförmiger Zeichnung auf dem Hinterleib, Araneus diadematus
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kreuzspinne
- Kreuzspinnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kreuzspinne?
- [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sˌʃpɪnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kreuzspinne in German?
Kreuzspinne appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).