frönen

[ˈfʁøːnən]

/[ˈfʁøːnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“frönen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,331 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,331
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich ausgiebig einer Beschäftigung hingeben; etwas gern und ausdauernd machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fronen · frönen · German

frönen · rank #55,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,331
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fructose

Nearest frequency peer: Fructose (-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 „frönen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frönen
PropertyValue
Headwordfrönen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfʁøːnən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frönen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).frönenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fructose“ (#55,330), „Funker“ (#55,332), „Friedrichsdorf“ (#55,329). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frönen“ bei #55,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frönen is uncommon German at frequency #55,331 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfʁøːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich ausgiebig einer Beschäftigung hingeben; etwas gern und ausdauernd machen".

frönen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is frönen, spelled F-R-Ö-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich ausgiebig einer Beschäftigung hingeben; etwas gern und ausdauernd machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er frönt mal wieder seinem Hobby und ist für nichts anderes ansprechbar.
  2. Ich fröne meiner Leidenschaft, Einträge für seltene Wörter im Wikiwörterbuch zu erstellen.

Antonyms

vernachlässigen

This word in other languages

indulge(English)entregarse(Español)

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 "frönen"?
"frönen" is spelled F-R-Ö-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁøːnən].
What does "frönen" mean?
As a verb, "frönen" means: sich ausgiebig einer Beschäftigung hingeben; etwas gern und ausdauernd machen
How do you pronounce "frönen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frönen" is [ˈfʁøːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frönen" come from?
"frönen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Funker#55,332Gatter#55,343felice#55,313genuin#55,353

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list