impf
[ɪmp͡f]
The verdict
“impf” is uncommon German (frequency #74,727 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,727
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs impfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-impf · impf · German
impf · rank #74,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,727
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH idk
Nearest frequency peer: idk (-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 „impf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hüterin
Hüterin
25,277 corpus weight
- idk
idk
25,275 corpus weight
- impf
impf
25,274 corpus weight
- Impressioni…
Impressionisten
25,273 corpus weight
- Information…
Informationsstand
25,272 corpus weight
- Ingram
Ingram
25,271 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „impf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪmp͡f] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „impf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
impf is uncommon German at frequency #74,727 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪmp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs impfen".
Zero misspellings are on record for impf in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 impf, spelled I-M-P-F.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs impfen
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.
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