Rosenkrieg
German, noun/ˈʁoːzənˌkʁiːk/
Rosenkrieg is spelled R-O-S-E-N-K-R-I-E-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rosenkrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “A particularly acrimonious divorce or breakup of a relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein heftiger Scheidungs- oder Trennungskonflikt”.
What does Rosenkrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA particularly acrimonious divorce or breakup of a relationship.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein heftiger Scheidungs- oder Trennungskonflikt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Rosenkrieg
- Rosenkrieges genitive
- Rosenkriegs genitive
- Rosenkriege plural
- Rosenkriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rosenkrieg?
- /ˈʁoːzənˌkʁiːk/
- /-ˌkʁiːç/
- [ˈʁoːzn̩ˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rosenkrieg in German?
Rosenkrieg appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).