Krux

[kʁʊks]

/[kʁʊks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Krux” is uncommon German (frequency #75,890 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,890
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seelischer Schmerz, großes Problem

Corpus desk

Index DE-krux · Krux · German

Krux · rank #75,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,890
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsgefahr

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsgefahr (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Krux“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Krux“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krux
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrux
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁʊks]
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,890
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Krux“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kruxfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegsgefahr“ (#75,889), „kryptisch“ (#75,891), „kulturpolitische“ (#75,894). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Krux“ bei #75,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krux is uncommon German at frequency #75,890 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁʊks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Krux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Krux, spelled K-R-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    seelischer Schmerz, großes Problem
  2. 2
    besondere Schwierigkeit einer Sache, Knackpunkt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Krux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „So als hätte er die jüdische Krux in sich zu einem biografischen Witz verarbeitet, der tödlich endet.“
  2. „Und da waren wir bei der Krux der Sache angekommen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Krux"?
"Krux" is spelled K-R-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁʊks].
What does "Krux" mean?
As a noun, "Krux" means: seelischer Schmerz, großes Problem
How do you pronounce "Krux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krux" is [kʁʊks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krux" come from?
"Krux" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Krux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list