Kniebeugen
[ˈkniːˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“Kniebeugen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,562 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,562
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine der drei Teildisziplinen des Kraftdreikampfs
Corpus desk
Index DE-kniebeugen · Kniebeugen · German
Kniebeugen · rank #62,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,562
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kneissl
Nearest frequency peer: Kneissl (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kniebeugen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Klopfer
Klopfer
37,442 corpus weight
- klügsten
klügsten
37,441 corpus weight
- Kneissl
Kneissl
37,440 corpus weight
- Kniebeugen
Kniebeugen
37,439 corpus weight
- Knäuel
Knäuel
37,438 corpus weight
- Knüppeln
Knüppeln
37,437 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kniebeugen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kniebeugen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkniːˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kniebeugen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kniebeugen is uncommon German at frequency #62,562 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkniːˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der drei Teildisziplinen des Kraftdreikampfs".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kniebeugen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kniebeugen, spelled K-N-I-E-B-E-U-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine der drei Teildisziplinen des Kraftdreikampfs
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kniebeugen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.