Krieg
German, noun
Krieg is spelled K-R-I-E-G (5 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written German, the 588th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krieg is a German masculine noun meaning “war, warfare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, krieg is a different word: “singular imperative of kriegen (“to get”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen mindestens zwei Parteien wie Staaten, ethnischen oder sozialen Gruppen”.
What does Krieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewar, warfare
im Krieg
verb
- 1
singular imperative of kriegen (“to get”)
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of kriegen (“to get”)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of kriegen (“to go to war”)
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of kriegen (“to go to war”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen mindestens zwei Parteien wie Staaten, ethnischen oder sozialen Gruppen 2. Auseinandersetzungen und Streit zwischen Parteien/Partnern
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 Krieg
- Krieges genitive
- Kriegs genitive
- Kriege plural
- Kriegchen diminutive neuter
- Kriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Krieg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Krieg in German?
Krieg appears 148 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).