kritický
[ˈkrɪtɪt͡skiː]
The verdict
“kritický” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Kritik) so, dass etwas negativ beurteilt oder gesehen wird; kritisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-kriticky · kritický · German
kritický · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | kritický |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkrɪtɪt͡skiː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kritický“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kritický is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkrɪtɪt͡skiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for kritický in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kritický, spelled K-R-I-T-I-C-K-Ý.
Definition
- 1(Kritik) so, dass etwas negativ beurteilt oder gesehen wird; kritisch
- 2(Krise) so, dass eine negative Entwicklung oder ein schlechtes Ende droht; kritisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kritický appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je známý svým kritickým postojem.
V kritické situaci mě můžete zavolat.
This word in other languages
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.