knöchle
[ˈknœçlə]
The verdict
“knöchle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knöcheln
Corpus desk
Index DE-knochle · knöchle · German
knöchle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | knöchle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈknœçlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „knöchle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
knöchle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈknœçlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
knöchle 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is knöchle, spelled K-N-Ö-C-H-L-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knöcheln
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knöcheln
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knöcheln
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs knöcheln
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.