Kriegerin

[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]

/[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kriegerin” is uncommon German (frequency #56,287 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,287
frequency rank, German
55,078
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, deren Berufung es ist zu kämpfen, hauptsächlich in Stammesgesellschaften

Key facts for Kriegerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriegerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kriegerin” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Kriegerin lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kriegerin is uncommon German at frequency #56,287 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, deren Berufung es ist zu kämpfen, hauptsächlich in Stammesgesellschaften".

Kriegerin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kriegerin, spelled K-R-I-E-G-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, deren Berufung es ist zu kämpfen, hauptsächlich in Stammesgesellschaften

Synonyms

AmazoneKämpferinSoldatin

Antonyms

Pazifistin

This word in other languages

warrior(English)guerrera(Español)guerrière(Français)

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 "Kriegerin"?
"Kriegerin" is spelled K-R-I-E-G-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn].
What does "Kriegerin" mean?
As a noun, "Kriegerin" means: weibliche Person, deren Berufung es ist zu kämpfen, hauptsächlich in Stammesgesellschaften
How do you pronounce "Kriegerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kriegerin" is [ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kriegerin" come from?
"Kriegerin" 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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Using “Kriegerin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-R-I-E-G-E-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list