Kriecher
[ˈkʁiːçɐ]
The verdict
“Kriecher” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - gegenüber Vorgesetzten, Höhergestellten übertrieben unterwürfige, demütige (männliche^☆) Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriecher · Kriecher · German
Kriecher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Kriecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːçɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriecher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriecher is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gegenüber Vorgesetzten, Höhergestellten übertrieben unterwürfige, demütige (männliche^☆) Person".
Kriecher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kriecher, spelled K-R-I-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1gegenüber Vorgesetzten, Höhergestellten übertrieben unterwürfige, demütige (männliche^☆) Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kriecher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch wie viele werden für eine gute Note zu Kriechern, die dem Lehrer hinterhersabbern wie Pawlowsche Hunde.“
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.