Kriminalamt
German, noun/kʁimiˈnaːlˌʔamt/
Kriminalamt is spelled K-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-A-M-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written German, the 482,822nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriminalamt is a German neuter noun meaning “office of criminal investigations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für Kriminalität (Verbrechen) zuständiges Amt”.
What does Kriminalamt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteroffice of criminal investigations
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. für Kriminalität (Verbrechen) zuständiges Amt
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 Kriminalamt
- Kriminalamtes genitive
- Kriminalamts genitive
- Kriminalämter plural
- Kriminalamte dative singular
- Kriminalämtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriminalamt?
- /kʁimiˈnaːlˌʔamt/
- [kʁimiˈnaːlˌʔamt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kriminalamt in German?
Kriminalamt appears about once in every 62 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).