kriegerisch
[ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“kriegerisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Krieg liebend, den Krieg suchend, den Krieg betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegerisch · kriegerisch · German
kriegerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kriegerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kriegerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kriegerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʁiːɡəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Krieg liebend, den Krieg suchend, den Krieg betreffend".
kriegerisch has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is kriegerisch, spelled K-R-I-E-G-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Krieg liebend, den Krieg suchend, den Krieg betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kriegerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Durch ihre Taten charakterisieren sie sich als sehr kriegerisch, als Völker, in deren Wirtschaft Kriegsbeuten eine wesentliche Rolle spielten.“
„Dieses Bild der Keltinnen als große, starke, eigenwillige und mutige beziehungsweise kriegerische Frauen ist weitverbreitet.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.