Kriegsschuld

[ˈkʁiːksˌʃʊlt]

/[ˈkʁiːksˌʃʊlt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kriegsschuld” is uncommon German (frequency #95,847 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,847
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schuld an einem Krieg, Verursachung eines Krieges

Corpus desk

Index DE-kriegsschuld · Kriegsschuld · German

Kriegsschuld · rank #95,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,847
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH krieche

Nearest frequency peer: krieche (-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 „Kriegsschuld“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kriegsschuld
PropertyValue
HeadwordKriegsschuld
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁiːksˌʃʊlt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#95,847
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegsschuld“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „krieche“ (#95,846), „Kristallisation“ (#95,848), „kuch“ (#95,849). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kriegsschuld“ bei #95,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kriegsschuld is uncommon German at frequency #95,847 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌʃʊlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schuld an einem Krieg, Verursachung eines Krieges".

Kriegsschuld doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kriegsschuld, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-S-C-H-U-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schuld an einem Krieg, Verursachung eines Krieges

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Für heutige Leser ist das Bemerkenswerte an den Aufzeichnungen der »Anonyma« aber womöglich weniger die Schonungslosigkeit ihrer Schilderungen als ihr Unwille, die Täter angesichts der Kriegsschuld der Deutschen zu verurteilen.“
  2. „Die Frage der Kriegsschuld ist nicht nur eine Frage der Kriegsschuldigen, die Herrschenden sind verstrickt in das feinmaschige Netz der Interessen, Ehrbegriffe, Moralwerte der Gesellschaft.“

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 "Kriegsschuld"?
"Kriegsschuld" is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-S-C-H-U-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁiːksˌʃʊlt].
What does "Kriegsschuld" mean?
As a noun, "Kriegsschuld" means: Schuld an einem Krieg, Verursachung eines Krieges
How do you pronounce "Kriegsschuld"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kriegsschuld" is [ˈkʁiːksˌʃʊlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kriegsschuld" come from?
"Kriegsschuld" 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 "Kriegsschuld", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list