planschen

[ˈplanʃn̩]

/[ˈplanʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“planschen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,405 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,405
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Wasser herumtollen (gewöhnlich im Nichtschwimmerbereich)

Corpus desk

Index DE-planschen · planschen · German

planschen · rank #78,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,405
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Planegg

Nearest frequency peer: Planegg (-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 „planschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for planschen
PropertyValue
Headwordplanschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈplanʃn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „planschen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).planschenfällt 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: „Planegg“ (#78,404), „plappert“ (#78,406), „pipes“ (#78,403). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „planschen“ bei #78,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

planschen is uncommon German at frequency #78,405 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈplanʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for planschen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is planschen, spelled P-L-A-N-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Wasser herumtollen (gewöhnlich im Nichtschwimmerbereich)
  2. 2
    mit Wasser herumspritzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Komm, nur ein bisschen planschen!
  2. Plansch nicht so!

Synonyms

platschenpanschenplempernpritscheln

This word in other languages

paddle(English)barboter(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 "planschen"?
"planschen" is spelled P-L-A-N-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplanʃn̩].
What does "planschen" mean?
As a verb, "planschen" means: im Wasser herumtollen (gewöhnlich im Nichtschwimmerbereich)
How do you pronounce "planschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planschen" is [ˈplanʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Philister#78,398präsenten#78,423Prüflinge#78,425Passspiel#78,382

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list