Kriegsgerät

[ˈkʁiːksɡəˌʁɛːt]

/[ˈkʁiːksɡəˌʁɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kriegsgerät” is uncommon German (frequency #65,431 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,431
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, das für die Kriegsführung wichtig ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-kriegsgerat · Kriegsgerät · German

Kriegsgerät · rank #65,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,431
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsflüchtl…

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsflüchtlinge (-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 „Kriegsgerät“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kriegsgerät
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriegsgerät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːksɡəˌʁɛːt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegsgerät“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kriegsgerätfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegsflüchtlinge“ (#65,430), „kriminalisiert“ (#65,433), „kreischt“ (#65,428). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kriegsgerät“ bei #65,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kriegsgerät is uncommon German at frequency #65,431 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, das für die Kriegsführung wichtig ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kriegsgerät, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kriegsgerät, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-G-E-R-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gerät, das für die Kriegsführung wichtig ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sie brachten Kriegsgerät und Proviant aus den Danziger und Königsberger Lagern, den Nachschub für Napoleons Armee.“

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 "Kriegsgerät"?
"Kriegsgerät" is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-G-E-R-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːksɡəˌʁɛːt].
What does "Kriegsgerät" mean?
As a noun, "Kriegsgerät" means: Gerät, das für die Kriegsführung wichtig ist
How do you pronounce "Kriegsgerät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kriegsgerät" is [ˈkʁiːksɡəˌʁɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kraftvoller#65,426Kommandeure#65,417Kirchenjahr#65,409kindgerecht#65,408

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list