Krisensituation
[ˈkʁiːzn̩zituaˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Krisensituation” is uncommon German (frequency #86,718 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,718
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lage zu einem Zeitpunkt, in dem eine Gefahr/Gefährdung herrscht
Corpus desk
Index DE-krisensituation · Krisensituation · German
Krisensituation · rank #86,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,718
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsgegner
Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsgegner (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Krisensituation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kriegsbeute
Kriegsbeute
13,286 corpus weight
- Kriegsgefan…
Kriegsgefangenenlager
13,285 corpus weight
- Kriegsgegner
Kriegsgegner
13,284 corpus weight
- Krisensitua…
Krisensituation
13,283 corpus weight
- Krzysztof
Krzysztof
13,282 corpus weight
- Kuckucksuhr
Kuckucksuhr
13,280 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Krisensituation” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krisensituation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːzn̩zituaˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #86,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Krisensituation” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Krisensituation is uncommon German at frequency #86,718 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːzn̩zituaˌt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lage zu einem Zeitpunkt, in dem eine Gefahr/Gefährdung herrscht".
Krisensituation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Krisensituation, spelled K-R-I-S-E-N-S-I-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lage zu einem Zeitpunkt, in dem eine Gefahr/Gefährdung herrscht
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Krisensituation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.