gackern

[ˈɡakɐn]

/[ˈɡakɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“gackern” is uncommon German (frequency #94,300 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,300
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die von Hühnern hervorgebrachten Laute von sich geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-gackern · gackern · German

gackern · rank #94,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,300
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gammel

Nearest frequency peer: Gammel (+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 „gackern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gackern
PropertyValue
Headwordgackern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡakɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,300
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gackern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gammel“ (#94,301), „Fördergeldern“ (#94,298), „Gastrecht“ (#94,302). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gackern“ bei #94,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gackern is uncommon German at frequency #94,300 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡakɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gackern in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gackern, spelled G-A-C-K-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die von Hühnern hervorgebrachten Laute von sich geben
  2. 2
    über etwas schwatzend lachen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hühner gackern laut, wenn sie sich gestört fühlen.
  2. Auf Schulhöfen kann man Mädchen gackern hören.

This word in other languages

gaggle(English)cacarear(Español)caqueter(Français)

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 "gackern"?
"gackern" is spelled G-A-C-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡakɐn].
What does "gackern" mean?
As a verb, "gackern" means: die von Hühnern hervorgebrachten Laute von sich geben
How do you pronounce "gackern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gackern" is [ˈɡakɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Futters#94,297Gaudium#94,303Gebinde#94,304gentile#94,325

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list