Kriegstreiber
[ˈkʁiːksˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“Kriegstreiber” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,643 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,643
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (männliche) Person, die durch aggressive Hetze zum Krieg aufstachelt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriegstreiber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːksˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kriegstreiber” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kriegstreiber is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁiːksˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,643 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(männliche) Person, die durch aggressive Hetze zum Krieg aufstachelt".
Kriegstreiber has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kriegstreiber, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-T-R-E-I-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche) Person, die durch aggressive Hetze zum Krieg aufstachelt
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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.
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Using “Kriegstreiber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-I-E-G-S-T-R-E-I-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.