krieche

[ˈkʁiːçə]

/[ˈkʁiːçə]/ verb

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The verdict

“krieche” is uncommon German (frequency #95,846 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,846
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kriechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-krieche · krieche · German

krieche · rank #95,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,846
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsschuld

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsschuld (+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 „krieche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for krieche
PropertyValue
Headwordkrieche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʁiːçə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „krieche“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegsschuld“ (#95,847), „Krematorien“ (#95,844), „Kristallisation“ (#95,848). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „krieche“ bei #95,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

krieche is uncommon German at frequency #95,846 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁiːçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

krieche has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 krieche, spelled K-R-I-E-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kriechen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kriechen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kriechen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kriechen

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 "krieche"?
"krieche" is spelled K-R-I-E-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːçə].
What does "krieche" mean?
As a verb, "krieche" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kriechen
How do you pronounce "krieche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "krieche" is [ˈkʁiːçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "krieche" come from?
"krieche" 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 "krieche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

krauses#95,842Kumpane#95,853koppelt#95,834Landers#95,874

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list