floppen
[ˈflɔpn̩]
The verdict
“floppen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keinen Erfolg bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-floppen · floppen · German
floppen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | floppen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈflɔpn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „floppen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
floppen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈflɔpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for floppen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is floppen, spelled F-L-O-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1keinen Erfolg bringen
- 2einen Fosbury-Flop vollführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how floppen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anstatt zum Blockbuster zu werden, floppte der Film.
Bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen schaffte er es, über 2 Meter zu floppen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.