Kriegsherr
[ˈkʁiːksˌhɛʁ]
The verdict
“Kriegsherr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchstrangige Entscheidungsperson in einer kriegerischen Auseinandersetzung
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegsherr · Kriegsherr · German
Kriegsherr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Kriegsherr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːksˌhɛʁ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegsherr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriegsherr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌhɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höchstrangige Entscheidungsperson in einer kriegerischen Auseinandersetzung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kriegsherr, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kriegsherr, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-H-E-R-R.
Definition
- 1höchstrangige Entscheidungsperson in einer kriegerischen Auseinandersetzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kriegsherr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der mittlerweile zum Marschall beförderte Kriegsherr hat ein Machtvakuum erzeugt, das die weitere Anwesenheit französischer Truppen zwingend erforderlich macht.“
„Diese uns heute schändlich vorkommende Ehre kam auch Zeitgenossen schon schändlich vor. Jedenfalls denjenigen, die sich mit der Binnenmoral lokaler Kriegsherren nicht zufrieden geben wollten, gleich wie groß deren Ahnentafel war und wie viele Familienwappen in den Burgsälen hingen.“
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.