piepen

[ˈpiːpn̩]

/[ˈpiːpn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“piepen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,602 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,602
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen hohen Ton (Pfeifton) von sich geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-piepen · piepen · German

piepen · rank #64,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,602
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Phonetik

Nearest frequency peer: Phonetik (-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 „piepen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piepen
PropertyValue
Headwordpiepen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpiːpn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „piepen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Phonetik“ (#64,601), „plappern“ (#64,603), „Pflegestufe“ (#64,600). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „piepen“ bei #64,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piepen is uncommon German at frequency #64,602 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpiːpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen hohen Ton (Pfeifton) von sich geben".

piepen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is piepen, spelled P-I-E-P-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen hohen Ton (Pfeifton) von sich geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Hier ist Familie Wegners Anrufbeantworter. Dieser piept gleich und ist dann bereit, eine kurze Nachricht aufzunehmen.“

Synonyms

pfeifen

This word in other languages

beep(English)biper(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 "piepen"?
"piepen" is spelled P-I-E-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiːpn̩].
What does "piepen" mean?
As a verb, "piepen" means: einen hohen Ton (Pfeifton) von sich geben
How do you pronounce "piepen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piepen" is [ˈpiːpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piepen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

postal#64,615Papaya#64,588Rauten#64,633Mylady#64,546

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list