glücken
[ˈɡlʏkn̩]
The verdict
“glücken” 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 May 6, 2026) - wie erhofft eintreten, wie erwünscht ausfallen (eventuell mit einer gewissen Portion Zufall, Glück)
Corpus desk
Index DE-glucken · glücken · German
glücken · 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 "G" 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 | glücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glücken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glücken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡlʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wie erhofft eintreten, wie erwünscht ausfallen (eventuell mit einer gewissen Portion Zufall, Glück)".
Zero misspellings are on record for glücken in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 glücken, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1wie erhofft eintreten, wie erwünscht ausfallen (eventuell mit einer gewissen Portion Zufall, Glück)
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