ächzen
[ˈɛçt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“ächzen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,808 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,808
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufgrund einer schweren Last, einer körperlichen Anstrengung (wiederholt) aufstöhnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-achzen · ächzen · German
ächzen · rank #78,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,808
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH Zöliakie
Nearest frequency peer: Zöliakie (-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 „ächzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zweifels
Zweifels
21,196 corpus weight
- Zweitwohnsi…
Zweitwohnsitz
21,195 corpus weight
- Zöliakie
Zöliakie
21,194 corpus weight
- ächzen
ächzen
21,193 corpus weight
- ähnelten
ähnelten
21,192 corpus weight
- Ölfarben
Ölfarben
21,190 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ächzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ächzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɛçt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ächzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ächzen is uncommon German at frequency #78,808 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɛçt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufgrund einer schweren Last, einer körperlichen Anstrengung (wiederholt) aufstöhnen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ächzen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ächzen, spelled Ä-C-H-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1aufgrund einer schweren Last, einer körperlichen Anstrengung (wiederholt) aufstöhnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ächzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Endlich überwältigte der Schlaf die lärmenden Zecher, und es wurde still in den Lagerplätzen. Auf dem langgestreckten Schlachtfelde aber ächzten und stöhnten die Sterbenden, Freund und Feind beieinander.“
„Unterbrochen wird die Stille nur durch das Knacken der Äste, die unter der Last des Schnees ächzen.“
This word in other languages
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.
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