Kriegsrat

[ˈkʁiːksˌʁaːt]

/[ˈkʁiːksˌʁaːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kriegsrat” is uncommon German (frequency #82,994 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,994
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gremium, das den Stand und die Perspektiven der Kriegsführung berät

Corpus desk

Index DE-kriegsrat · Kriegsrat · German

Kriegsrat · rank #82,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,994
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegspropaga…

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegspropaganda (-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 „Kriegsrat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kriegsrat
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriegsrat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːksˌʁaːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,994
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegsrat“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kriegsratfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegspropaganda“ (#82,993), „kryptische“ (#82,995), „Kriegsjahr“ (#82,992). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kriegsrat“ bei #82,994. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kriegsrat is uncommon German at frequency #82,994 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kriegsrat, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kriegsrat, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gremium, das den Stand und die Perspektiven der Kriegsführung berät
  2. 2
    höherer Beamter in einem Kriegsministerium
  3. 3
    Beratung über den Stand der Dinge und die Perspektiven zukünftiger Möglichkeiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Während er noch Bilibin zuhörte, malte er es sich bereits aus, wie er nach seiner Rückkehr zur Armee im Kriegsrat seine Meinung auseinandersetzen und seine Vorschläge, die allein die Armee retten konnten, machen und wie man ihm allein dann auch die Ausführung seines Planes übertragen würde.“
  2. Sie hielten Kriegsrat, kamen aber vorläufig zu keinem überzeugenden Ergebnis

This word in other languages

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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 "Kriegsrat"?
"Kriegsrat" is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːksˌʁaːt].
What does "Kriegsrat" mean?
As a noun, "Kriegsrat" means: Gremium, das den Stand und die Perspektiven der Kriegsführung berät
How do you pronounce "Kriegsrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kriegsrat" is [ˈkʁiːksˌʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kriegsrat" come from?
"Kriegsrat" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list