Krickente
[ˈkʁɪkˌʔɛntə]
The verdict
“Krickente” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Wildente mit grau getüpfeltem Gefieder und braunem Kopf beim Erpel
Corpus desk
Index DE-krickente · Krickente · German
Krickente · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Krickente |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɪkˌʔɛntə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Krickente” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Krickente is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɪkˌʔɛntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine Wildente mit grau getüpfeltem Gefieder und braunem Kopf beim Erpel".
Krickente has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Krickente, spelled K-R-I-C-K-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1kleine Wildente mit grau getüpfeltem Gefieder und braunem Kopf beim Erpel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Krickente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bevorzugt sucht die Krickente an Uferzonen nach Futter.
Die Krickente, einst die zweithäufigste Schwimmente in Österreich, ist mit weniger als 100 Brutpaaren stark gefährdet und wurde von Birdlife zum Vogel des Jahres 2025 ernannt.
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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.
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