Kriege

/[ˈkʁiːɡə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,661

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Kriege is aGermannoun. It means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Krieg Pronounced [ˈkʁiːɡə]. It ranks #2,661 in German word frequency. Often confused with Krise and kriegt.

Key facts for Kriege
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriege
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,661
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kriege in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kriege is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁiːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,661 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kriege, with forms such as "kirege", "kkriege", and "kreige". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Krise", "kriegt", "Kriegs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kriege, spelled K-R-I-E-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Krieg
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Krieg
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Krieg
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Krieg

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kirege,kkriege,kreige,krieeg,kriegge,krigee,krriege,rkiege

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kriege

Misspelling Variants of "Kriege"

kirege6kkriege7kreige6krieeg6kriegge7krigee6krriege7rkiege6
Misspelling Variants of "Kriege"

Frequency rank: #2,661 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kriege"?
"Kriege" is spelled K-R-I-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːɡə].
What does "Kriege" mean?
As a noun, "Kriege" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Krieg
What words are commonly confused with "Kriege"?
"Kriege" is commonly confused with "Krise", "kriegt", "Kriegs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kriege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kriege" is [ˈkʁiːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kriege" come from?
"Kriege" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.