picke
[ˈpɪkə]
The verdict
“picke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs picken
Corpus desk
Index DE-picke · picke · German
picke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | picke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɪkə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „picke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
picke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpɪkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for picke, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is picke, spelled P-I-C-K-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs picken
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs picken
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs picken
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs picken
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.