kleckern
[ˈklɛkɐn]
The verdict
“kleckern” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,490 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #94,490
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Flüssigkeit heruntertropfen oder Feuchtigkeit enthaltende Speisen herabfallen lassen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kleckern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈklɛkɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kleckern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kleckern is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklɛkɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,490 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for kleckern in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 kleckern, spelled K-L-E-C-K-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Flüssigkeit heruntertropfen oder Feuchtigkeit enthaltende Speisen herabfallen lassen
- 2etwas beflecken
- 3bei einer Tätigkeit zögerlich vorgehen, nur langsam ausführen
- 4nur wenige Mittel für die Erreichung eines Zieles aufwenden
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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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Using “kleckern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-L-E-C-K-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈklɛkɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.