piken
[ˈpiːkn̩]
The verdict
“piken” 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) - punktuell mit einer Spitze leichten Schmerz zufügen
Corpus desk
Index DE-piken · piken · German
piken · 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 | piken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpiːkn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „piken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
piken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpiːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "punktuell mit einer Spitze leichten Schmerz zufügen".
piken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is piken, spelled P-I-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1punktuell mit einer Spitze leichten Schmerz zufügen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how piken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kaktus pikt ganz schön.
„Die Halme pikten im Nacken, doch es roch wunderbar.“
This word in other languages
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.