kirren
[ˈkɪʁən]
The verdict
“kirren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - ein Pferd zähmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kirren · kirren · German
kirren · 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 "K" 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 | kirren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɪʁən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kirren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kirren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkɪʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for kirren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kirren, spelled K-I-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Pferd zähmen
- 2Wild durch regelmäßiges Füttern ködern
- 3jemanden nervös machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kirren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es wird als ein zuverläßiges Mittel, unbändige Pferde zu kirren, empfohlen, ihnen in die Nasenlöcher zu hauchen […].“
Schwarzwild kirrt man am besten mit Mais.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.