Kryptowährung

[ˈkʁʏptoˌvɛːʁʊŋ]

/[ˈkʁʏptoˌvɛːʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kryptowährung” is uncommon German (frequency #58,035 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,035
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - digitales Zahlungsmittel, das kryptographische Verfahren verwendet, um die Sicherheit des Zahlungssystems zu gewährleisten

Corpus desk

Index DE-kryptowahrung · Kryptowährung · German

Kryptowährung · rank #58,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,035
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH krassesten

Nearest frequency peer: krassesten (-2 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 „Kryptowährung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kryptowährung
PropertyValue
HeadwordKryptowährung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁʏptoˌvɛːʁʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#58,035
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kryptowährung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kryptowährungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „krassesten“ (#58,033), „Kultusministeriums“ (#58,037), „Krankengeschichte“ (#58,032). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kryptowährung“ bei #58,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kryptowährung is uncommon German at frequency #58,035 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁʏptoˌvɛːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "digitales Zahlungsmittel, das kryptographische Verfahren verwendet, um die Sicherheit des Zahlungssystems zu gewährleisten".

Kryptowährung has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kryptowährung, spelled K-R-Y-P-T-O-W-Ä-H-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    digitales Zahlungsmittel, das kryptographische Verfahren verwendet, um die Sicherheit des Zahlungssystems zu gewährleisten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Kryptowährungen traten zusammen mit dem Internet auf.
  2. „Die deutsche Bundesregierung stellt sich auf internationaler Ebene gegen eine Förderung von Kryptowährungen wie Bitcoin.“

Synonyms

Kryptogeld

This word in other languages

cryptocurrency(English)cryptomonnaie(Français)

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 "Kryptowährung"?
"Kryptowährung" is spelled K-R-Y-P-T-O-W-Ä-H-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁʏptoˌvɛːʁʊŋ].
What does "Kryptowährung" mean?
As a noun, "Kryptowährung" means: digitales Zahlungsmittel, das kryptographische Verfahren verwendet, um die Sicherheit des Zahlungssystems zu gewährleisten
How do you pronounce "Kryptowährung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kryptowährung" is [ˈkʁʏptoˌvɛːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kryptowährung" come from?
"Kryptowährung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list