jäten
[ˈjɛːtn̩]
The verdict
“jäten” is uncommon German (frequency #89,134 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,134
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (eine Pflanze, vor allem Unkraut, von Hand oder mit einem Werkzeug samt Wurzel) aus dem Boden herausziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-jaten · jäten · German
jäten · rank #89,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,134
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jurte
Nearest frequency peer: Jurte (-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 „jäten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Juba
Juba
10,871 corpus weight
- Jugendchor
Jugendchor
10,870 corpus weight
- Jurte
Jurte
10,868 corpus weight
- jäten
jäten
10,867 corpus weight
- kaba
kaba
10,866 corpus weight
- Kachel
Kachel
10,865 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „jäten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jäten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈjɛːtn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jäten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jäten is uncommon German at frequency #89,134 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈjɛːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jäten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is jäten, spelled J-Ä-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(eine Pflanze, vor allem Unkraut, von Hand oder mit einem Werkzeug samt Wurzel) aus dem Boden herausziehen
- 2etwas frei von (unliebsamen) Pflanzen (vor allem Unkraut) machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jäten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unkraut jäten ist eine anstrengende Beschäftigung.
„Die Großtante jätet Möhren.“
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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