biken
[ˈbaɪ̯kn̩]
The verdict
“biken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Motorrad fahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-biken · biken · German
biken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbaɪ̯kn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „biken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
biken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbaɪ̯kn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for biken, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is biken, spelled B-I-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Motorrad fahren
- 2Fahrrad fahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how biken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der US-Amerikaner ist ein bisschen „crazy“ – wie alle Motocross-Freestyler – und Freitag und Samstag Fluggast in der Wiener Stadthalle, wenn die Freestyler und Endurocrosser um die Zuschauergunst biken.
Im Karwendel lässt es sich herrlich biken - in erster Linie für Tourenbiker.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.