Jeckin
[ˈjɛkɪn]
The verdict
“Jeckin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abwertend: Jüdin, die aus einem deutschsprachigen Land stammt und nach Palästina ausgewandert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-jeckin · Jeckin · German
Jeckin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | Jeckin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɛkɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jeckin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jeckin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjɛkɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Jeckin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Jeckin, spelled J-E-C-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1abwertend: Jüdin, die aus einem deutschsprachigen Land stammt und nach Palästina ausgewandert ist
- 2weiblicher Narr
- 3weiblicher Karnevalist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jeckin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da Du-nour keine Jeckin war und daher nie erleben konnte, welche Sprache Jeckes verwenden, wenn sie ganz unter sich sind, ging sie davon aus, dass Jeckes immer bewusst hebräische Begriffe einfließen lassen beziehungsweise Code-Switching praktizieren, um ihr jeckisches Deutsch vom Deutsch der heutigen Deutschen abzugrenzen.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.