Kriterium
German, noun/kʁiˈteːʁiʊm/
Kriterium is spelled K-R-I-T-E-R-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriterium is a German neuter noun meaning “criterion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wichtiges Entscheidungs- und Unterscheidungsmerkmal”.
What does Kriterium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercriterion
Ähnlich wie das Hochdeutsche wurde auch versucht, das Niederdeutsche vor der Einteilung in einzelne Dialektverbände zunächst in übergreifende Dialektbereiche zu untergliedern. Wegen seiner auffälligen geographischen West/Ost-Erstreckung hat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wichtiges Entscheidungs- und Unterscheidungsmerkmal
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 Kriterium
- Kriteriums genitive
- Kriterien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriterium?
- /kʁiˈteːʁiʊm/
- [kʁiˈteːʁiʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kriterium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kriterium in German?
Kriterium appears 6.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).