piepsen

[ˈpiːpsn̩]

/[ˈpiːpsn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“piepsen” is uncommon German (frequency #80,787 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,787
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit schwacher, hoher Stimme sagen oder singen

Corpus desk

Index DE-piepsen · piepsen · German

piepsen · rank #80,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,787
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH plakatiert

Nearest frequency peer: plakatiert (+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 „piepsen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piepsen
PropertyValue
Headwordpiepsen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpiːpsn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,787
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „piepsen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „plakatiert“ (#80,788), „Philly“ (#80,785), „pharmakologische“ (#80,784). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „piepsen“ bei #80,787. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piepsen is uncommon German at frequency #80,787 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpiːpsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for piepsen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is piepsen, spelled P-I-E-P-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit schwacher, hoher Stimme sagen oder singen
  2. 2
    einen leisen, hohen Ton produzieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „»Ach!« piepste die Fledermaus in Todesangst.“
  2. Er wendet sich gegen Massentierhaltung und lässt 24000 eingesperrte Küken in sein Mikrofon piepsen.

Synonyms

fiepenfiepsen

Antonyms

brummen

This word in other languages

peep(English)piailler(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 "piepsen"?
"piepsen" is spelled P-I-E-P-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiːpsn̩].
What does "piepsen" mean?
As a verb, "piepsen" means: etwas mit schwacher, hoher Stimme sagen oder singen
How do you pronounce "piepsen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piepsen" is [ˈpiːpsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

peacock#80,778noodles#80,744reinige#80,837naughty#80,723

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list