Kriegsfilm

[ˈkʁiːksˌfɪlm]

/[ˈkʁiːksˌfɪlm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kriegsfilm” is uncommon German (frequency #82,990 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,990
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spielfilm, in dem kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen den Hintergrund für die handelnden Personen liefern

Corpus desk

Index DE-kriegsfilm · Kriegsfilm · German

Kriegsfilm · rank #82,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,990
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegshandlun…

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegshandlungen (+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 „Kriegsfilm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kriegsfilm
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriegsfilm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːksˌfɪlm]
Letters10
Frequency rank#82,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegsfilm“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegshandlungen“ (#82,991), „Kreisverbands“ (#82,988), „Kriegsjahr“ (#82,992). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kriegsfilm“ bei #82,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kriegsfilm is uncommon German at frequency #82,990 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌfɪlm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spielfilm, in dem kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen den Hintergrund für die handelnden Personen liefern".

Kriegsfilm has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Kriegsfilm, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-F-I-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spielfilm, in dem kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen den Hintergrund für die handelnden Personen liefern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der in den Vereinigten Staaten sehr erfolgreich gestartete Hollywood-Streifen scheint zunächst ein stumpfer Kriegsfilm zu sein.“
  2. „Ich habe viele Kriegsfilme gesehen, das ist wahr. Auch Kriegsbücher gelesen.“

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 "Kriegsfilm"?
"Kriegsfilm" is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-F-I-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːksˌfɪlm].
What does "Kriegsfilm" mean?
As a noun, "Kriegsfilm" means: Spielfilm, in dem kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen den Hintergrund für die handelnden Personen liefern
How do you pronounce "Kriegsfilm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kriegsfilm" is [ˈkʁiːksˌfɪlm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kriegsfilm" come from?
"Kriegsfilm" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kriegsjahr#82,992kreisenden#82,985kryptische#82,995Käsesorten#83,002

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list