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kriegen

German, verb

kriegen is spelled K-R-I-E-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written German, the 1,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriegen is a German verb meaning “to get” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kriegen is a different word: “gerund of kriegen: "catching"”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bekommen, erhalten”.

What does kriegen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto get

  2. 2

    colloquialto catch, to come down with

  3. 3

    colloquialto get (something to a desired state)

    Wirst du es heute fertig kriegen?

  4. 4

    colloquialto get (with the past participle form of a verb)

    Hab ich geschenkt gekriegt.

  5. 5

    datedrareto war

noun

as Kriegen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of kriegen: "catching"

noun

as Kriegen
  1. 1

    dative plural of Krieg

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein Kinderspiel, bei dem der Fänger andere Mitspieler durch eine Berührung fassen muss

verb: 1. bekommen, erhalten 2. zu fassen bekommen, habhaft werden 3. Krieg führen

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 kriegen

  • kriegt present singular third-person
  • kriegte past
  • gekriegt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • kriegend participle present
  • kriege first-person indicative present
  • kriegst indicative present second-person
  • kriegest second-person singular subjunctive
  • krieget plural second-person subjunctive
  • kriegten first-person indicative plural
  • kriegtest indicative preterite second-person
  • kriegtet indicative plural preterite
  • krieg imperative second-person singular
  • habe gekriegt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gekriegt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • kriege! imperative singular
  • krieg! imperative singular
  • kriegt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to kriegen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is kriegen in German?

kriegen appears 44 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).

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