flippen

[ˈflɪpn̩]

/[ˈflɪpn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“flippen” is uncommon German (frequency #81,541 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,541
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flippern, an einem Flipperautomaten spielen

Corpus desk

Index DE-flippen · flippen · German

flippen · rank #81,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,541
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH float

Nearest frequency peer: float (+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 „flippen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flippen
PropertyValue
Headwordflippen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈflɪpn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flippen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.flippenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „float“ (#81,542), „fitte“ (#81,539), „findenden“ (#81,538). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flippen“ bei #81,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flippen is uncommon German at frequency #81,541 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈflɪpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flippen, 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is flippen, spelled F-L-I-P-P-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    flippern, an einem Flipperautomaten spielen
  2. 2
    hopsen, springen lassen
  3. 3
    hopsen, tanzen
  4. 4
    mit dem Snowboard einen Salto schlagen
  5. 5
    einen Fosbury-Flop vollführen
  6. 6
    in den Fernsehkanälen (meist) mit der Fernbedienung pausenlos nach Sendungen von Interesse suchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Komm, wir flippen ne Runde.
  2. Gekonnt läßt sie den Kiesel über die Wasseroberfläche flippen.

Synonyms

zappen

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 "flippen"?
"flippen" is spelled F-L-I-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɪpn̩].
What does "flippen" mean?
As a verb, "flippen" means: flippern, an einem Flipperautomaten spielen
How do you pronounce "flippen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flippen" is [ˈflɪpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flippen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

folgsam#81,548funding#81,559experts#81,522Gaswerk#81,571

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list