frappieren
[fʁaˈpiːʁən]
The verdict
“frappieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stutzig machen, in Erstaunen versetzen, erstaunen, verblüffen, überraschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-frappieren · frappieren · German
frappieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | frappieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fʁaˈpiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „frappieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
frappieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fʁaˈpiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frappieren, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 frappieren, spelled F-R-A-P-P-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1stutzig machen, in Erstaunen versetzen, erstaunen, verblüffen, überraschen
- 2etwas schnell mittels Eis und/oder Salz und Wasser kühlen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frappieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vieles ist darauf angelegt, zu frappieren.
„Das war der Gedanke, der mich am meisten frappierte.“
Antonyms
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.