knautschen
[ˈknaʊ̯t͡ʃn̩]
The verdict
“knautschen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Zusammendrücken in eine unregelmäßig gefaltete oder gepresste Form bringen, knüllen
Corpus desk
Index DE-knautschen · knautschen · German
knautschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | knautschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈknaʊ̯t͡ʃn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „knautschen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
knautschen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈknaʊ̯t͡ʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
knautschen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is knautschen, spelled K-N-A-U-T-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Zusammendrücken in eine unregelmäßig gefaltete oder gepresste Form bringen, knüllen
- 2durch entsprechende Materialeigenschaften leicht Falten bilden, knittern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knautschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe mir mein Hemd geknautscht.
Der Stoff knautscht leicht.
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.