Krippenspiel
German, noun/ˈkʁɪpənˌʃpiːl/
Krippenspiel is spelled K-R-I-P-P-E-N-S-P-I-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krippenspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “nativity play, Christmas pageant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Schauspiel, bei dem Laien die Weihnachtsgeschichte darstellen”.
What does Krippenspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternativity play, Christmas pageant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Schauspiel, bei dem Laien die Weihnachtsgeschichte darstellen
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 Krippenspiel
- Krippenspieles genitive
- Krippenspiels genitive
- Krippenspiele plural
- Krippenspielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krippenspiel?
- /ˈkʁɪpənˌʃpiːl/
- [ˈkʁɪpənˌʃpiːl]
- [ˈkʁɪpn̩ˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Krippenspiel in German?
Krippenspiel appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).