krok
[krɔk]
The verdict
“krok” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewegung des Beines beim Gehen; Schritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-krok · krok · German
krok · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | krok |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [krɔk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „krok“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
krok is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [krɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for krok, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is krok, spelled K-R-O-K.
Definition
- 1Bewegung des Beines beim Gehen; Schritt
- 2Längenmaß, Abstand der Füße beim Gehen, etwa 70 cm; Schritt
- 3Abschnitt, Teil eines komplexen Vorgangs; Schritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krok appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dítě udělalo postupně své první kroky.
Obchod je 100 kroků odsud.
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.