Krustentier
[ˈkʁʊstn̩ˌtiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Krustentier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Lebensmittel nutzbares Krebstier
Corpus desk
Index DE-krustentier · Krustentier · German
Krustentier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Krustentier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁʊstn̩ˌtiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Krustentier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Krustentier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁʊstn̩ˌtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als Lebensmittel nutzbares Krebstier".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Krustentier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Krustentier, spelled K-R-U-S-T-E-N-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1als Lebensmittel nutzbares Krebstier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Krustentier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Krustentiere können sehr lecker sein.
„Es handelt sich hierbei um Einzeller (Protozoen) wie die Foraminiferen (mit Kalkschale) und die Radiolarien (Skelett aus Kieselsäure), um Coelenteraten wie Medusen und Quallen, um Rädertierchen, Würmer aus der Gruppe der Anneliden und der Chaetognathen sowie zahlreiche Krustentiere, unter den die Copepoden überwiegen.“
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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.