rupfen
[ˈʁʊp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“rupfen” is uncommon German (frequency #80,867 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,867
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einem Vogel die Federn herausziehen, meist als Vorbereitung der Zubereitung als Mahlzeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-rupfen · rupfen · German
rupfen · rank #80,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,867
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rumkommen
Nearest frequency peer: rumkommen (-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 „rupfen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ruinierte
ruinierte
19,136 corpus weight
- rumkommen
rumkommen
19,135 corpus weight
- rupfen
rupfen
19,134 corpus weight
- Réunion
Réunion
19,133 corpus weight
- rückwärtige
rückwärtige
19,132 corpus weight
- Rüschen
Rüschen
19,131 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rupfen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rupfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁʊp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rupfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rupfen is uncommon German at frequency #80,867 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁʊp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for rupfen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rupfen, spelled R-U-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1einem Vogel die Federn herausziehen, meist als Vorbereitung der Zubereitung als Mahlzeit
- 2etwas (häufig mehrere kleinere Dinge gleichzeitig, wie zum Beispiel Gras oder Haare) mit der Hand abreißen
- 3jemandem das Geld aus der Tasche ziehen, ihn um Geld erleichtern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rupfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ente rupfen, ausnehmen, salzen und pfeffern, dann binden und spicken.
„Die Frage, ob man die Gänse rupfen darf, ist schon öfter besprochen worden, - die Meinungen sind über diesen Punkt geteilt. Ganz abgesehen von der damit verbundenen Tierquälerei, ist es für die Gänse nicht gut, wenn sie gerupft werden.“
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); 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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