pöbeln
[ˈpøːbl̩n]
The verdict
“pöbeln” is uncommon German (frequency #50,813 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,813
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich frech und provozierend äußern; lauthals beschimpfen, beleidigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pobeln · pöbeln · German
pöbeln · rank #50,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,813
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pythagoras
Nearest frequency peer: Pythagoras (-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 „pöbeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Punktesystem
Punktesystem
49,191 corpus weight
- Pute
Pute
49,190 corpus weight
- Pythagoras
Pythagoras
49,189 corpus weight
- pöbeln
pöbeln
49,188 corpus weight
- Quanten
Quanten
49,187 corpus weight
- quintus
quintus
49,186 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pöbeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pöbeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpøːbl̩n] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pöbeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pöbeln is uncommon German at frequency #50,813 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpøːbl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich frech und provozierend äußern; lauthals beschimpfen, beleidigen".
Zero misspellings are on record for pöbeln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 pöbeln, spelled P-Ö-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1sich frech und provozierend äußern; lauthals beschimpfen, beleidigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pöbeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Profi von Manchester City pöbelte, als ein Medienvertreter ihn zum Verschwinden aufforderte.
„Und weil Jörg Hartmann sich als Kommissar Faber zwar wieder fast ausschließlich durch den Fall pöbelt, aber in seiner Griesgrämigkeit viel besser zu ertragen ist als der Teddybär aus dem Saarland vergangene Woche.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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