Sinnkrise

[ˈzɪnˌkʁiːzə]

/[ˈzɪnˌkʁiːzə]/ noun

The verdict

“Sinnkrise” is uncommon German (frequency #96,263 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,263
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geistig-seelische Problemlage, die nach einer Sinnfindung verlangt

Corpus desk

Index DE-sinnkrise · Sinnkrise · German

Sinnkrise · rank #96,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,263
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Simferopol

Nearest frequency peer: Simferopol (-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 „Sinnkrise“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sinnkrise
PropertyValue
HeadwordSinnkrise
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɪnˌkʁiːzə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,263
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sinnkrise“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Simferopol“ (#96,261), „silbergrau“ (#96,260), „Siegerinnen“ (#96,259). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sinnkrise“ bei #96,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sinnkrise is uncommon German at frequency #96,263 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪnˌkʁiːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geistig-seelische Problemlage, die nach einer Sinnfindung verlangt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sinnkrise, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sinnkrise, spelled S-I-N-N-K-R-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    geistig-seelische Problemlage, die nach einer Sinnfindung verlangt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Eine Sinnkrise im Alltag oder Berufsleben kann für den dynamischen Menschen und Sinnsucher ein fruchtbarer Moment, ein Auslöser sein, auf Entdeckungsreise nach Alternativen zu gehen.“
  2. „Für eine Midlife-Crisis bin ich entschieden zu alt. Wahrscheinlich ist es eine allgemeine Sinnkrise, die mich beutelt. Ich liege in meinem schönen Hotelzimmer, schaue hinaus auf den Leuchtturm und frage mich: Was soll das alles?“

Antonyms

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 "Sinnkrise"?
"Sinnkrise" is spelled S-I-N-N-K-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪnˌkʁiːzə].
What does "Sinnkrise" mean?
As a noun, "Sinnkrise" means: geistig-seelische Problemlage, die nach einer Sinnfindung verlangt
How do you pronounce "Sinnkrise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sinnkrise" is [ˈzɪnˌkʁiːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list