knack
[knak]
The verdict
“knack” is uncommon German (frequency #53,828 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,828
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bezeichnet das kurze Geräusch, wenn etwas ab- oder zerbricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-knack · knack · German
knack · rank #53,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,828
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH knurrt
Nearest frequency peer: knurrt (+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 „knack“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- klarzukommen
klarzukommen
46,178 corpus weight
- Kleiderordn…
Kleiderordnung
46,176 corpus weight
- Klettersteig
Klettersteig
46,175 corpus weight
- knack
knack
46,173 corpus weight
- knurrt
knurrt
46,172 corpus weight
- komponierten
komponierten
46,169 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „knack“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [knak] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „knack“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
knack is uncommon German at frequency #53,828 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [knak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bezeichnet das kurze Geräusch, wenn etwas ab- oder zerbricht".
knack doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is knack, spelled K-N-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1bezeichnet das kurze Geräusch, wenn etwas ab- oder zerbricht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Geräusch ist klein und fies. Es kommt vom Knöchleinbrechen. Knack: ein Bein, knack: das zweite. Knack, knack – und auch die Flügelchen sind ab. Gräßlich. Aber ohne Schauder keine ausgelöste Wachtel, kein Hauptgericht, kein Lernerfolg.“
„Wie ich ihn packte, er mit den Armen mich wegstoßen wollte, machte es knack und nochmals knack, in seiner Tasche. […] Er griff in seine Tasche, da zog er die Stücke heraus: seine schönen Tonpfeifen, zerbrochen.“
Synonyms
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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