kriegsbereit
[ˈkʁiːksbəˌʁaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“kriegsbereit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für einen Krieg gerüstet, vorbereitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegsbereit · kriegsbereit · German
kriegsbereit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | kriegsbereit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːksbəˌʁaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kriegsbereit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kriegsbereit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksbəˌʁaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für einen Krieg gerüstet, vorbereitet".
kriegsbereit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kriegsbereit, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-B-E-R-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1für einen Krieg gerüstet, vorbereitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kriegsbereit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wehrmacht wurde angewiesen, bis zum 1. Oktober 1938 kriegsbereit zu sein.“
This word in other languages
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.