Äffchen

[ˈɛfçən]

/[ˈɛfçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Äffchen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,612 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,612
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Affe

Corpus desk

Index DE-affchen · Äffchen · German

Äffchen · rank #57,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,612
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ähren

Nearest frequency peer: Ähren (+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 „Äffchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Äffchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordÄffchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛfçən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,612
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Äffchen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Äffchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ähren“ (#57,613), „Zwischenraum“ (#57,609), „ökonomisches“ (#57,615). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „Äffchen“ bei #57,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Äffchen is uncommon German at frequency #57,612 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛfçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Affe".

Zero misspellings are on record for Äffchen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Äffchen, spelled Ä-F-F-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Affe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ich hab ein Haus, ein kunterbuntes Haus, ein Äffchen und ein Pferd, die schauen dort zum Fenster raus.“ (Pippi-Langstrumpf-Lied)
  2. „Im nächsten Augenblick schoß ein kleines braunes Äffchen durch den Türspalt, hüpfte schrill kichernd die Stufen hinunter und turnte an Thomas Lieven empor.“

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 "Äffchen"?
"Äffchen" is spelled Ä-F-F-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛfçən].
What does "Äffchen" mean?
As a noun, "Äffchen" means: kleiner Affe
How do you pronounce "Äffchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Äffchen" is [ˈɛfçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Äffchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zwinker#57,608workers#57,585Alberta#57,641Wirsing#57,580

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list