Kriegswirren
[ˈkʁiːksˌvɪʁən]
The verdict
“Kriegswirren” is uncommon German (frequency #94,521 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,521
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durcheinander geratene Strukturen gesellschaftlichen Lebens während kriegerischer Handlungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriegswirren · Kriegswirren · German
Kriegswirren · rank #94,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,521
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kreisläufer
Nearest frequency peer: Kreisläufer (-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 „Kriegswirren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kraftfutter
Kraftfutter
5,484 corpus weight
- Krebsleiden
Krebsleiden
5,482 corpus weight
- Kreisläufer
Kreisläufer
5,481 corpus weight
- Kriegswirren
Kriegswirren
5,480 corpus weight
- Kroketten
Kroketten
5,479 corpus weight
- kubische
kubische
5,476 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kriegswirren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriegswirren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːksˌvɪʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriegswirren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriegswirren is uncommon German at frequency #94,521 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːksˌvɪʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durcheinander geratene Strukturen gesellschaftlichen Lebens während kriegerischer Handlungen".
Kriegswirren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kriegswirren, spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-W-I-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1durcheinander geratene Strukturen gesellschaftlichen Lebens während kriegerischer Handlungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kriegswirren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In den Kriegswirren gingen so manche Schätze verloren.
„Das in den Kriegswirren verschwundene Gnadenbild der Schwarzen Muttergottes von Tschenstochau (1850), das sich bereits in der alten Kirche befunden hatte, wurde von einem Antiquitätenhändler erworben und 1984 der Pfarre Meidling übergeben.“
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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