jodeln
[ˈjoːdl̩n]
The verdict
“jodeln” is uncommon German (frequency #71,493 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,493
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rufen, um jemandem ein Signal zu geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-jodeln · jodeln · German
jodeln · rank #71,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,493
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jagdschloss
Nearest frequency peer: Jagdschloss (-4 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 „jodeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ische
Ische
28,515 corpus weight
- Jagdschloss
Jagdschloss
28,512 corpus weight
- jodeln
jodeln
28,508 corpus weight
- Jupiters
Jupiters
28,504 corpus weight
- Jurisprudenz
Jurisprudenz
28,503 corpus weight
- kaan
kaan
28,502 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „jodeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jodeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈjoːdl̩n] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jodeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jodeln is uncommon German at frequency #71,493 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈjoːdl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jodeln, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 jodeln, spelled J-O-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1rufen, um jemandem ein Signal zu geben
- 2mit schnellem Wechsel zwischen hohen und tiefen Tönen singen, ohne aber Wörter zu verwenden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jodeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gestern habe ich eine Stunde gejodelt.
Die jodelnden Kuhhirten sind immer wieder schön anzuhören.
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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