duckt

[dʊkt]

/[dʊkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“duckt” is uncommon German (frequency #76,683 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,683
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ducken

Corpus desk

Index DE-duckt · duckt · German

duckt · rank #76,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,683
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH drees

Nearest frequency peer: drees (-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 „duckt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for duckt
PropertyValue
Headwordduckt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dʊkt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „duckt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ducktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „drees“ (#76,682), „Drachenfels“ (#76,680), „Dosierungen“ (#76,679). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „duckt“ bei #76,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

duckt is uncommon German at frequency #76,683 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [dʊkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

duckt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is duckt, spelled D-U-C-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ducken
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ducken
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ducken

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 "duckt"?
"duckt" is spelled D-U-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [dʊkt].
What does "duckt" mean?
As a verb, "duckt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ducken
How do you pronounce "duckt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duckt" is [dʊkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duckt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

drees#76,682Dhaka#76,667Darms#76,661dames#76,658

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list