Kringel

[ˈkʁɪŋl̩]

/[ˈkʁɪŋl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kringel” is uncommon German (frequency #87,951 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,951
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines, annähernd kreisförmiges Gebilde

Corpus desk

Index DE-kringel · Kringel · German

Kringel · rank #87,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,951
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegskunst

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegskunst (-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 „Kringel“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kringel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kringel
PropertyValue
HeadwordKringel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁɪŋl̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,951
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kringel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kringelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegskunst“ (#87,950), „krepiert“ (#87,949), „Kronzeugen“ (#87,953). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kringel“ bei #87,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kringel is uncommon German at frequency #87,951 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɪŋl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Kringel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kringel, spelled K-R-I-N-G-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleines, annähernd kreisförmiges Gebilde
  2. 2
    Süßgebäck in Form eines Rings
  3. 3
    Brezel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kringel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Es war das Fieber. Es hielt drei Tage an, und das Männchen saß an meinem Bett im Lazarett, den abgeschabten Samtkragen frierend hochgeschlagen, und lehrte mich, aus violetten Kringeln, die vor meinen Augen rasch rotierten, klingelnde Ringe und Ketten und schwebende Kugeln zu basteln.“
  2. „Er produzierte kunstvolle Kringel mit seinem Zigarettenrauch.“

This word in other languages

ringlet(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kringel"?
"Kringel" is spelled K-R-I-N-G-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁɪŋl̩].
What does "Kringel" mean?
As a noun, "Kringel" means: kleines, annähernd kreisförmiges Gebilde
How do you pronounce "Kringel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kringel" is [ˈkʁɪŋl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kringel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kringel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kommata#87,935lantern#87,967Kienzle#87,920measure#88,016

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list