knipst

[knɪpst]

/[knɪpst]/ verb

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The verdict

“knipst” is uncommon German (frequency #98,696 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,696
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knipsen

Corpus desk

Index DE-knipst · knipst · German

knipst · rank #98,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,696
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Knieschmerzen

Nearest frequency peer: Knieschmerzen (-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 „knipst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „knipst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for knipst
PropertyValue
Headwordknipst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[knɪpst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,696
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „knipst“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).knipstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Knieschmerzen“ (#98,695), „knisternde“ (#98,697), „Klump“ (#98,694). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „knipst“ bei #98,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

knipst is uncommon German at frequency #98,696 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [knɪpst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

knipst has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 knipst, spelled K-N-I-P-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knipsen
  2. 2
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knipsen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knipsen
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knipsen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "knipst"?
"knipst" is spelled K-N-I-P-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [knɪpst].
What does "knipst" mean?
As a verb, "knipst" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knipsen
How do you pronounce "knipst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "knipst" is [knɪpst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "knipst" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "knipst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

krallt#98,707Kadern#98,665kürzte#98,733Jokers#98,655

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list