ackern

[ˈakɐn]

/[ˈakɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“ackern” is uncommon German (frequency #53,437 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,437
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Feld bestellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ackern · ackern · German

ackern · rank #53,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,437
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH accounting

Nearest frequency peer: accounting (-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 „ackern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ackern
PropertyValue
Headwordackern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈakɐn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,437
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ackern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „accounting“ (#53,436), „acoustic“ (#53,438), „Addis“ (#53,439). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ackern“ bei #53,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ackern is uncommon German at frequency #53,437 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈakɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ackern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ackern, spelled A-C-K-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Feld bestellen
  2. 2
    sich mit etwas sehr abmühen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im März sieht man überall die Bauern ackern.
  2. Um aus dieser Wildnis einen Garten zu machen, mussten wir ganz schön ackern.

This word in other languages

arar(Español)

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 "ackern"?
"ackern" is spelled A-C-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈakɐn].
What does "ackern" mean?
As a verb, "ackern" means: das Feld bestellen
How do you pronounce "ackern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ackern" is [ˈakɐn]. 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 "ackern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zyklon#53,414Apolda#53,474Asiate#53,481Yankee#53,393

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list