Kritik
German, noun/kʁiˈtiːk/
Kritik is spelled K-R-I-T-I-K (6 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written German, the 837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kritik is a German feminine noun meaning “criticism (negative judgement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fachmännische Beurteilung eines Produktes oder Werkes”.
What does Kritik mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecriticism (negative judgement)
- 2
femininecriticism, review (general judgement)
- 3
femininecritique, review (review of a work of art)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fachmännische Beurteilung eines Produktes oder Werkes 2. im Gegensatz zu ^([1]) eine nicht fachmännische, manchmal unsauber begründete Beurteilung 3. ausschließlich negative Beurteilung 4. „Beurteilung, auch Fähigkeit der Beurteilung, der Prüfung…, die vor den Folgen von Täuschung und Irrtum bewahrt“
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 Kritik
- Kritiken plural
- Critik alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kritik?
- /kʁiˈtiːk/
- /kʁiˈtɪk/
- [kʁɪˈtiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kritik
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kritik in German?
Kritik appears 102 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).