Kopfnicken
[ˈkɔp͡fˌnɪkn̩]
The verdict
“Kopfnicken” is uncommon German (frequency #84,203 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,203
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geste, die darin besteht, den Kopf zwecks Zustimmung zu neigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kopfnicken · Kopfnicken · German
Kopfnicken · rank #84,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,203
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kopfform
Nearest frequency peer: Kopfform (-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 „Kopfnicken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- konvergiert
konvergiert
15,801 corpus weight
- Kopfform
Kopfform
15,799 corpus weight
- Kopfnicken
Kopfnicken
15,798 corpus weight
- kopier
kopier
15,797 corpus weight
- Korallenriff
Korallenriff
15,795 corpus weight
- Korallenrif…
Korallenriffe
15,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kopfnicken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kopfnicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔp͡fˌnɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kopfnicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kopfnicken is uncommon German at frequency #84,203 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔp͡fˌnɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geste, die darin besteht, den Kopf zwecks Zustimmung zu neigen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kopfnicken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kopfnicken, spelled K-O-P-F-N-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Geste, die darin besteht, den Kopf zwecks Zustimmung zu neigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kopfnicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch hier kommt der Wirt mit einem lebenden Huhn zu uns, das er uns zum Mittagessen anbietet, und wir stimmen ihm mit Kopfnicken bei, daß Hühnerbraten etwas Gutes sei.“
„Dann lauschte ich meinen eigenen Sätzen nach, als hätte ein anderer sie gesprochen, und es kam vor, dass ich meine eigenen Sätze mit einem bestätigenden Kopfnicken oder einem erstaunten Kopfschütteln begleitete.“
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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.
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