feilschen

[ˈfaɪ̯lʃn̩]

/[ˈfaɪ̯lʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“feilschen” is uncommon German (frequency #51,298 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,298
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hartnäckig, oft kleinlich handeln und verhandeln, um ein gutes Ergebnis, meist einen guten Preis zu erhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-feilschen · feilschen · German

feilschen · rank #51,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,298
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Faustschlag

Nearest frequency peer: Faustschlag (-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 „feilschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feilschen
PropertyValue
Headwordfeilschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfaɪ̯lʃn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „feilschen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).feilschenfällt 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: „Faustschlag“ (#51,297), „Feldherrn“ (#51,299), „farblose“ (#51,296). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „feilschen“ bei #51,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feilschen is uncommon German at frequency #51,298 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfaɪ̯lʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hartnäckig, oft kleinlich handeln und verhandeln, um ein gutes Ergebnis, meist einen guten Preis zu erhalten".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for feilschen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is feilschen, spelled F-E-I-L-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    hartnäckig, oft kleinlich handeln und verhandeln, um ein gutes Ergebnis, meist einen guten Preis zu erhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beim Nachmessen feilschte er um jeden Zentimeter.
  2. Auf einem orientalischen Markt wird der Urlauber genötigt zu feilschen.

This word in other languages

haggle(English)regatear(Español)marchander(Français)pechinchar(Português)

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 "feilschen"?
"feilschen" is spelled F-E-I-L-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaɪ̯lʃn̩].
What does "feilschen" mean?
As a verb, "feilschen" means: hartnäckig, oft kleinlich handeln und verhandeln, um ein gutes Ergebnis, meist einen guten Preis zu erhalten
How do you pronounce "feilschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feilschen" is [ˈfaɪ̯lʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feilschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Feldherrn#51,299Festtagen#51,306Feuerball#51,307Erntezeit#51,284

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list