kriminalisieren
[kʁiminaliˈziːʁən]
The verdict
“kriminalisieren” is uncommon German (frequency #71,544 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,544
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden in die Kriminalität drängen, in jemandem kriminelle Neigungen hervorrufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriminalisieren · kriminalisieren · German
kriminalisieren · rank #71,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,544
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH krepieren
Nearest frequency peer: krepieren (-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 „kriminalisieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Krautsalat
Krautsalat
28,461 corpus weight
- krell
krell
28,459 corpus weight
- krepieren
krepieren
28,458 corpus weight
- kriminalisi…
kriminalisieren
28,457 corpus weight
- Kulturkreis…
Kulturkreises
28,456 corpus weight
- kundgetan
kundgetan
28,455 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kriminalisieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kriminalisieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kʁiminaliˈziːʁən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #71,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kriminalisieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kriminalisieren is uncommon German at frequency #71,544 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kʁiminaliˈziːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for kriminalisieren in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kriminalisieren, spelled K-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden in die Kriminalität drängen, in jemandem kriminelle Neigungen hervorrufen
- 2etwas als kriminell hinstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kriminalisieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Millionen Minderjährige leben und arbeiten auf der Straße. "Sie sind Übergriffen und Ausbeutung ausgeliefert und werden häufig kriminalisiert, verjagt oder misshandelt", heißt es in dem Bericht.
„Das Nichtbezahlen von Rechnungen, Beiträgen und Forderungen sei ein zwanghafter Akt und gehe auf traumatische Erfahrungen in der Kindheit oder in einem früheren Leben zurück. Die Krankenkassen dürften diese Menschen nicht kriminalisieren, sondern müssten für ihre Behandlung aufkommen.“
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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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