pecken
[ˈpɛkn̩]
The verdict
“pecken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit dem Schnabel auf etwas einhacken, insbesondere auf Futterkörner
Corpus desk
Index DE-pecken · pecken · German
pecken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pecken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pecken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pecken, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 pecken, spelled P-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit dem Schnabel auf etwas einhacken, insbesondere auf Futterkörner
- 2(meist unfreiwillig und widerwillig) einen Geldbetrag bezahlen
- 3tätowieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als er in den Stall eintrat, sah er kein einziges Huhn auf der Hühnersteige, alle waren auf dem Boden. Sie gackerten, flatterten auf, liefen im Kreis und peckten Beton.“
„Wie soll man denn sonst überleben, wenn man zur weltrekordverdächtigen Abgabenquote auch noch hohe Parteisteuern pecken muss?“
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.