rülpst
[ʁʏlpst]
The verdict
“rülpst” is uncommon German (frequency #85,784 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,784
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rülpsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rulpst · rülpst · German
rülpst · rank #85,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,784
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rückseiten
Nearest frequency peer: Rückseiten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rülpst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Rückschritte
Rückschritte
14,219 corpus weight
- Rückseiten
Rückseiten
14,218 corpus weight
- rülpst
rülpst
14,217 corpus weight
- Salven
Salven
14,215 corpus weight
- Samthandsch…
Samthandschuhen
14,214 corpus weight
- sandbox
sandbox
14,213 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rülpst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rülpst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁʏlpst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “rülpst” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
rülpst is uncommon German at frequency #85,784 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁʏlpst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
rülpst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is rülpst, spelled R-Ü-L-P-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rülpsen
- 22. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rülpsen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rülpsen
- 42. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rülpsen
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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