rung

Name: rung, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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/[…]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“rung” is uncommon German (frequency #54,846 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,846
frequency rank, German: 2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs ring

Corpus desk

Index DE-rung · rung · German

rung · rank #54,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #54,846
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,984
PHOTO-FINISH rumpel

Nearest frequency peer: rumpel (-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.

Rotkohl

45,158
rotter

45,157
rumpel

45,156
rung

45,155
Rädchen

45,154
Röcken

45,153

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for rung
Property	Value
Headword	rung
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[…]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#54,846
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#54,846

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „rumpel“ (#54,845), „Rädchen“ (#54,847), „rotter“ (#54,844). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rung“ bei #54,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rung is uncommon German at frequency #54,846 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs ring".

No generated misspelling entries exist for rung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is rung, spelled R-U-N-G.

Definition

1
Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs ring

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rung"?

"rung" is spelled R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "rung" mean?

As a verb, "rung" means: Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs ring

How do you pronounce "rung"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rung" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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