Jab
[d͡ʒɛp]
The verdict
“Jab” is uncommon German (frequency #79,342 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,342
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein gerader Schlag mit der Führhand
Corpus desk
Index DE-jab · Jab · German
Jab · rank #79,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,342
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Isolationshaft
Nearest frequency peer: Isolationshaft (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Jab”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Irrationali…
Irrationalität
20,662 corpus weight
- irritierte
irritierte
20,661 corpus weight
- Isolationsh…
Isolationshaft
20,660 corpus weight
- Jab
Jab
20,659 corpus weight
- Jagden
Jagden
20,658 corpus weight
- Jahns
Jahns
20,657 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Jab” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jab |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d͡ʒɛp] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #79,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Jab” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Jab is uncommon German at frequency #79,342 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d͡ʒɛp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein gerader Schlag mit der Führhand".
Zero misspellings are on record for Jab in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Jab, spelled J-A-B.
Definition
- 1ein gerader Schlag mit der Führhand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er fand nicht zu seinem unbequemen Kampfstil, weil Klitschko mit dem linken Jab traf wie zu seinen besten Zeiten. Damit hielt er den Rechstausleger auf Distanz und raubte ihm die Durchschlagskraft.“
„Larry hatte eine große Reichweite, einen guten linken Jab und eine ordentliche rechte Gerade, und er war sehr leichtfüßig und beweglich.“
This word in other languages
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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