imkern

[ˈɪmkɐn]

/[ˈɪmkɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“imkern” is uncommon German (frequency #82,908 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,908
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bienen zur Gewinnung von Honig und anderen Bienenprodukten halten und züchten

Corpus desk

Index DE-imkern · imkern · German

imkern · rank #82,908 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,908
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH improvement

Nearest frequency peer: improvement (+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 „imkern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for imkern
PropertyValue
Headwordimkern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɪmkɐn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,908
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „imkern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.imkernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „improvement“ (#82,909), „ideologisches“ (#82,906), „indio“ (#82,910). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „imkern“ bei #82,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imkern is uncommon German at frequency #82,908 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɪmkɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bienen zur Gewinnung von Honig und anderen Bienenprodukten halten und züchten".

imkern has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is imkern, spelled I-M-K-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bienen zur Gewinnung von Honig und anderen Bienenprodukten halten und züchten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Horst imkert schon seit Jahren hobbymäßig.

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 "imkern"?
"imkern" is spelled I-M-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪmkɐn].
What does "imkern" mean?
As a verb, "imkern" means: Bienen zur Gewinnung von Honig und anderen Bienenprodukten halten und züchten
How do you pronounce "imkern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imkern" is [ˈɪmkɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imkern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

hockte#82,890Kanons#82,933Henrys#82,875Kelche#82,942

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list