krickeln
[ˈkʁɪkl̩n]
The verdict
“krickeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - undeutlich, unleserlich schreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-krickeln · krickeln · German
krickeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | krickeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɪkl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „krickeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
krickeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁɪkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for krickeln, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 krickeln, spelled K-R-I-C-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1undeutlich, unleserlich schreiben
- 2streiten, herumnörgeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krickeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eunus krickelt mit einer Feder irgendetwas auf die Schriftrolle und sagt danach: „Die Hure Aphrodite, meine neue Sklavin, bleibt natürlich hier. Einer meiner Getreuen wird als Bote genügen!““
„Er krickelt, er hat immer viel einzuwenden.“
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.