piept

[piːpt]

/[piːpt]/ verb

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The verdict

“piept” is uncommon German (frequency #59,073 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,073
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs piepen

Corpus desk

Index DE-piept · piept · German

piept · rank #59,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,073
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Physiotherape…

Nearest frequency peer: Physiotherapeut (-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 „piept“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piept
PropertyValue
Headwordpiept
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[piːpt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „piept“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).pieptfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Physiotherapeut“ (#59,072), „Pinkel“ (#59,074), „physiologisch“ (#59,071). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „piept“ bei #59,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piept is uncommon German at frequency #59,073 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [piːpt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

piept has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is piept, spelled P-I-E-P-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs piepen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs piepen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs piepen

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 "piept"?
"piept" is spelled P-I-E-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is [piːpt].
What does "piept" mean?
As a verb, "piept" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs piepen
How do you pronounce "piept"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piept" is [piːpt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piept" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Posch#59,081poser#59,082prunk#59,090Ocker#59,044

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list