räkeln
[ˈʁɛːkl̩n]
The verdict
“räkeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken
Corpus desk
Index DE-rakeln · räkeln · German
räkeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | räkeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛːkl̩n] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „räkeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
räkeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁɛːkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken".
Zero misspellings are on record for räkeln in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 räkeln, spelled R-Ä-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how räkeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abla Fahita räkelt sich in einem dünnen Nachthemd auf ihrem Himmelbett, bis zwei gut gebaute Kerle im Bild auftauchen.
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.