rekeln
[ˈʁeːkl̩n]
The verdict
“rekeln” 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-rekeln · rekeln · German
rekeln · 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 | rekeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁeːkl̩n] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rekeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rekeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁeːkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken".
rekeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 rekeln, spelled R-E-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rekeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als heute früh die Sonne in mein Fenster schien, rekelte ich mich, um anschließend aufzustehen.
„Irdischen Elementarfreuden wie dem übermäßigen Biergenuss oder dem vierten Nackensteak in Folge muss man sich nicht verschließen, wenn sich auf der anderen Seite des Ehebettes nicht das Modell lasziv rekelt, sondern nur der Brocken schnarcht.“
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.