foppen
[ˈfɔpn̩]
The verdict
“foppen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden hereinlegen, hinters Licht führen
Corpus desk
Index DE-foppen · foppen · German
foppen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | foppen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔpn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „foppen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
foppen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden hereinlegen, hinters Licht führen".
Zero misspellings are on record for foppen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is foppen, spelled F-O-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden hereinlegen, hinters Licht führen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foppen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Autohändler hat Dich gefoppt.
Du willst mich wohl foppen?
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.