kritzeln
[ˈkʁɪt͡sl̩n]
The verdict
“kritzeln” is an uncommon German word, ranked #91,848 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #91,848
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas in kurzer Zeit und mit schlechter Qualität schreiben, malen oder zeichnen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kritzeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɪt͡sl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kritzeln” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kritzeln is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁɪt͡sl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,848 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas in kurzer Zeit und mit schlechter Qualität schreiben, malen oder zeichnen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kritzeln, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kritzeln, spelled K-R-I-T-Z-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in kurzer Zeit und mit schlechter Qualität schreiben, malen oder zeichnen
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); 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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Using “kritzeln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-I-T-Z-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁɪt͡sl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.