regten
[ˈʁeːktn̩]
The verdict
“regten” is uncommon German (frequency #68,605 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,605
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen
Corpus desk
Index DE-regten · regten · German
regten · rank #68,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,605
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Regimentern
Nearest frequency peer: Regimentern (-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 „regten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Referendare
Referendare
31,399 corpus weight
- Regelbetrieb
Regelbetrieb
31,398 corpus weight
- Regimentern
Regimentern
31,397 corpus weight
- regten
regten
31,396 corpus weight
- Rehau
Rehau
31,395 corpus weight
- reign
reign
31,393 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „regten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːktn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „regten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
regten is uncommon German at frequency #68,605 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁeːktn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
regten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is regten, spelled R-E-G-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen
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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