Kriminalist
[kʁiminaˈlɪst]
The verdict
“Kriminalist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich mit der Aufklärung von Kriminalfällen beschäftigt; ein Fachmann der Kriminalistik
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriminalist · Kriminalist · German
Kriminalist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriminalist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁiminaˈlɪst] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kriminalist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kriminalist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁiminaˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sich mit der Aufklärung von Kriminalfällen beschäftigt; ein Fachmann der Kriminalistik".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kriminalist in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kriminalist, spelled K-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich mit der Aufklärung von Kriminalfällen beschäftigt; ein Fachmann der Kriminalistik
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kriminalist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Großvater war ein begnadeter Kriminalist.
„Kriminalisten erzählen von den Schwierigkeiten, die es macht, einen Verbrecher zu verhaften.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.