einknicken
[ˈaɪ̯nˌknɪkn̩]
The verdict
“einknicken” is uncommon German (frequency #76,699 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,699
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine scharfkantige Delle (Knick) kriegen; eine Beugung in einem Gelenk bekommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einknicken · einknicken · German
einknicken · rank #76,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,699
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Einkaufszettel
Nearest frequency peer: Einkaufszettel (-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 „einknicken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einhellige
einhellige
23,304 corpus weight
- Einkaufszet…
Einkaufszettel
23,303 corpus weight
- einknicken
einknicken
23,302 corpus weight
- einleitend
einleitend
23,301 corpus weight
- einleitende
einleitende
23,300 corpus weight
- Eintrittsge…
Eintrittsgeld
23,299 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „einknicken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einknicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌknɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einknicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einknicken is uncommon German at frequency #76,699 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌknɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for einknicken in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is einknicken, spelled E-I-N-K-N-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine scharfkantige Delle (Knick) kriegen; eine Beugung in einem Gelenk bekommen
- 2etwas umbiegen oder biegen und so einen Knick verursachen
- 3in seiner festen Haltung nachgiebig werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einknicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorsicht! Nichts auf diesen Karton hier stellen, die Eier darin knicken sonst ein.
Da sind mir einfach die Beine eingeknickt!
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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