Pickerl

[ˈpɪkɐl]

/[ˈpɪkɐl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pickerl” is uncommon German (frequency #73,888 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,888
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - selbstklebendes Etikett

Corpus desk

Index DE-pickerl · Pickerl · German

Pickerl · rank #73,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,888
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH phänomenalen

Nearest frequency peer: phänomenalen (-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 „Pickerl“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pickerl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pickerl
PropertyValue
HeadwordPickerl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɪkɐl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pickerl“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Pickerlfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „phänomenalen“ (#73,887), „philologischen“ (#73,886), „plains“ (#73,890). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pickerl“ bei #73,888. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pickerl is uncommon German at frequency #73,888 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɪkɐl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Pickerl has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Pickerl, spelled P-I-C-K-E-R-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    selbstklebendes Etikett
  2. 2
    Plakette, mit der die Absolvierung der vorgeschriebenen Fahrzeugbegutachtung nachgewiesen wird
  3. 3
    Plakette, mit der die Bezahlung der österreichischen Autobahn-Maut nachgewiesen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pickerl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein Sammler, der sich beim Online-Händler Amazon mit 18.000 Pickerl eingedeckt hat, erhebt schwere Vorwürfe: Unter den tausenden Bildern wären gleich mehrere Sticker nicht ein einziges Mal vorhanden gewesen.“
  2. „Der Mechaniker hatte an einem besonders arbeitsreichen Tag knapp vor Weihnachten das Pickerl ausgestellt.“

Synonyms

AufkleberPlaketteStickerKfz-PickerlTÜV-PlaketteAutobahnvignetteMautpickerlMautplaketteVignette

This word in other languages

étiquette(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pickerl"?
"Pickerl" is spelled P-I-C-K-E-R-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɪkɐl].
What does "Pickerl" mean?
As a noun, "Pickerl" means: selbstklebendes Etikett
How do you pronounce "Pickerl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pickerl" is [ˈpɪkɐl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pickerl" come from?
"Pickerl" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pickerl", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plunder#73,893pricing#73,902Paladin#73,865rebound#73,930

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list