Krimi
German, noun/ˈkʁɪ.mi/
Krimi is spelled K-R-I-M-I (5 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krimi is a German masculine noun meaning “crime story, crime thriller” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschichte eines schweren Verbrechens”.
What does Krimi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrime story, crime thriller
- 2
masculinepolice procedural
- 3
masculinean exciting event, a course of events whose expected outcome changes often
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geschichte eines schweren Verbrechens 2. spannendes, umkämpftes Spiel
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Krimi
- Krimis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krimi?
- /ˈkʁɪ.mi/
- [ˈkʁɪmi]
- [ˈkʁiːmi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Krimi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Krimi in German?
Krimi appears 9.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).