rupfen
[ˈʁʊp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“rupfen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,867 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #80,867
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einem Vogel die Federn herausziehen, meist als Vorbereitung der Zubereitung als Mahlzeit
| 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) |
Where “rupfen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rupfen is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁʊp͡fn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,867 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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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Using “rupfen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-U-P-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.