knickern
[ˈknɪkɐn]
The verdict
“knickern” 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) - sehr zurückhaltend beim Ausgeben von Geld sein, geizig sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-knickern · knickern · German
knickern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | knickern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈknɪkɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „knickern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
knickern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈknɪkɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr zurückhaltend beim Ausgeben von Geld sein, geizig sein".
No generated misspelling entries exist for knickern in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is knickern, spelled K-N-I-C-K-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1sehr zurückhaltend beim Ausgeben von Geld sein, geizig sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knickern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich bezahlte gut, schnell und knickerte nie.“
„Sie knickerten weder mit sentimentalen Liedern noch mit Maskeraden, Quodlibets und Finales im Stil des seligen Adolph Ernst, weder mit Varietetricks noch mit pompösen Ausstattungskünsten.“
Antonyms
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.