Kriegstreiber
[ˈkʁiːksˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“Kriegstreiber” is uncommon German (frequency #50,643 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,643
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche) Person, die durch aggressive Hetze zum Krieg aufstachelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegstreiber · Kriegstreiber · German
Kriegstreiber · rank #50,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,643
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsministe…
Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsministerium (-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 „Kriegstreiber“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kriegerdenk…
Kriegerdenkmal
49,361 corpus weight
- Kriegsmarine
Kriegsmarine
49,360 corpus weight
- Kriegsminis…
Kriegsministerium
49,359 corpus weight
- Kriegstreib…
Kriegstreiber
49,358 corpus weight
- Krisenmanag…
Krisenmanagement
49,357 corpus weight
- kuli
kuli
49,355 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kriegstreiber“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegstreiber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriegstreiber is uncommon German at frequency #50,643 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kriegstreiber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den Medien gab es zwar eine sehr lautstarke Gruppe von Kriegstreibern, aber in etlichen Zeitungen und Fernsehkanälen wurde erfolgreich versucht, die Tatsachen systematisch darzustellen und die Logik zu analysieren, die der US-Kriegsstrategie zugrunde liegt.“
„Zudem sollen die ausländischen Guthaben der Kriegstreiber eingefroren werden.“
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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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