knüllen
[ˈknʏlən]
The verdict
“knüllen” 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) - etwas zusammendrücken, zusammenknautschen (meist für Papier, Stoff oder Ähnliches)
Corpus desk
Index DE-knullen · knüllen · German
knüllen · 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 | knüllen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈknʏlən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „knüllen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
knüllen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈknʏlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for knüllen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is knüllen, spelled K-N-Ü-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas zusammendrücken, zusammenknautschen (meist für Papier, Stoff oder Ähnliches)
- 2sich knautschen, sich knittern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how knüllen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wetten, Lara-Heidemarie traut sich nicht den Liebesbrief zu knüllen!
Knüll bitte den Stoff nicht so sehr!
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.