flackern

[ˈflakɐn]

/[ˈflakɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“flackern” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,315 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#63,315
frequency rank, German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unterbrochen oder ungleichmäßig Licht aussenden

Key facts for flackern
PropertyValue
Headwordflackern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈflakɐn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,315
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “flackern” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). flackern lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for flackern is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflakɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,315 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unterbrochen oder ungleichmäßig Licht aussenden".

No misspelling variants are generated for flackern in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 flackern, spelled F-L-A-C-K-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    unterbrochen oder ungleichmäßig Licht aussenden

This word in other languages

flicker(English)scintiller(Français)

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 "flackern"?
"flackern" is spelled F-L-A-C-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflakɐn].
What does "flackern" mean?
As a verb, "flackern" means: unterbrochen oder ungleichmäßig Licht aussenden
How do you pronounce "flackern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flackern" is [ˈflakɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flackern" come from?
"flackern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “flackern”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is F-L-A-C-K-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈflakɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list