flinke

[ˈflɪŋkə]

/[ˈflɪŋkə]/ adj

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The verdict

“flinke” is uncommon German (frequency #75,644 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,644
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink

Corpus desk

Index DE-flinke · flinke · German

flinke · rank #75,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,644
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH flock

Nearest frequency peer: flock (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “flinke”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “flinke” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flinke
PropertyValue
Headwordflinke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈflɪŋkə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,644
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “flinke” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).flinkeliegt hier:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „flock“ (#75,645), „Flüchtlingsunterkünften“ (#75,646), „Fleischwolf“ (#75,641). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flinke is uncommon German at frequency #75,644 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈflɪŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flinke, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is flinke, spelled F-L-I-N-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink

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 "flinke"?
"flinke" is spelled F-L-I-N-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɪŋkə].
What does "flinke" mean?
As an adjective, "flinke" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs flink
How do you pronounce "flinke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flinke" is [ˈflɪŋkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flinke" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

folder#75,647feiges#75,625famose#75,618facial#75,616

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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