knausern
[ˈknaʊ̯zɐn]
The verdict
“knausern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit etwas übertrieben sparsam sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-knausern · knausern · German
knausern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | knausern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈknaʊ̯zɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „knausern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
knausern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈknaʊ̯zɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit etwas übertrieben sparsam sein".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for knausern, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 knausern, spelled K-N-A-U-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1mit etwas übertrieben sparsam sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knausern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Karls Vater knauserte beim Taschengeld.
Wenn der Verein beim Umzug einen guten Eindruck machen will, sollte er mit dem Material nicht knausern.
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.