klirren

[ˈklɪʁən]

/[ˈklɪʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“klirren” is uncommon German (frequency #58,926 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,926
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein helles, vibrierendes Geräusch von sich geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-klirren · klirren · German

klirren · rank #58,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,926
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH klimatisierten

Nearest frequency peer: klimatisierten (-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 „klirren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „klirren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for klirren
PropertyValue
Headwordklirren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈklɪʁən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „klirren“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).klirrenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „klimatisierten“ (#58,925), „Klubobmann“ (#58,927), „Kleingedruckte“ (#58,924). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „klirren“ bei #58,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

klirren is uncommon German at frequency #58,926 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈklɪʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein helles, vibrierendes Geräusch von sich geben".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for klirren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is klirren, spelled K-L-I-R-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein helles, vibrierendes Geräusch von sich geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how klirren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Porzellan klirrt laut.

This word in other languages

clink(English)tintinear(Español)vibrer(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "klirren"?
"klirren" is spelled K-L-I-R-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklɪʁən].
What does "klirren" mean?
As a verb, "klirren" means: ein helles, vibrierendes Geräusch von sich geben
How do you pronounce "klirren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "klirren" is [ˈklɪʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "klirren" come from?
"klirren" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "klirren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

klügste#58,928kopiere#58,937Landeck#58,954imaging#58,895

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list