Kriegerin

[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]

/[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kriegerin” is uncommon German (frequency #56,287 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,287
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, deren Berufung es ist zu kämpfen, hauptsächlich in Stammesgesellschaften

Corpus desk

Index DE-kriegerin · Kriegerin · German

Kriegerin · rank #56,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,287
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsschaupl…

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsschauplatz (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kriegerin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kriegerin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kriegerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriegerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegerin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kriegerinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegsschauplatz“ (#56,288), „Kretzschmar“ (#56,285), „kriegte“ (#56,289). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kriegerin“ bei #56,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kriegerin is uncommon German at frequency #56,287 among 4,158 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kriegerin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Kämpfen ist die Aufgabe der Kriegerin.
  2. „Ob Boudicca ihre Oberbefehlshaberin war, ob sie als Kriegerin mit in den Kampf zog oder ob sie die Krieger »nur« mit einer bewegenden Rede anfeuerte (wie Cassius Dio es beschreibt), ist nicht klar.“

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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kriegerin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list