Kriminalbeamter
[kʁimiˈnaːlbəˌʔamtɐ]
The verdict
“Kriminalbeamter” is uncommon German (frequency #73,714 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,714
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für die Verfolgung von Straftaten zuständiger Beamter im Polizeidienst
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriminalbeamter · Kriminalbeamter · German
Kriminalbeamter · rank #73,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,714
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsparteien
Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsparteien (-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 „Kriminalbeamter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kosmonauten
Kosmonauten
26,291 corpus weight
- Kriegsparte…
Kriegsparteien
26,288 corpus weight
- Kriminalbea…
Kriminalbeamter
26,287 corpus weight
- Krimskrams
Krimskrams
26,286 corpus weight
- kristallisi…
kristallisierte
26,285 corpus weight
- Kronzeuge
Kronzeuge
26,284 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kriminalbeamter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriminalbeamter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁimiˈnaːlbəˌʔamtɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #73,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriminalbeamter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriminalbeamter is uncommon German at frequency #73,714 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁimiˈnaːlbəˌʔamtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für die Verfolgung von Straftaten zuständiger Beamter im Polizeidienst".
No misspelling variants are generated for Kriminalbeamter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kriminalbeamter, spelled K-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-B-E-A-M-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1für die Verfolgung von Straftaten zuständiger Beamter im Polizeidienst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kriminalbeamter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als ich in jener Septembernacht von einem Kriminalbeamten verhaftet auf meine Zelle gebracht wurde, erfüllte mich ein verzehrender Durst nach Alkohol.“
„Seine Voraussage erwies sich als richtig, denn der Kriminalbeamte war völlig sprachlos und bestürzt, als ich in der Baker Street ankam und ihm die leere Kassette zeigte.“
Synonyms
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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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