schnicken
[ˈʃnɪkn̩]
The verdict
“schnicken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Daumen und Mittelfinger ein plötzliches Geräusch erzeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnicken · schnicken · German
schnicken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | schnicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃnɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schnicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schnicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃnɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
schnicken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 schnicken, spelled S-C-H-N-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Daumen und Mittelfinger ein plötzliches Geräusch erzeugen
- 2Teilchen mit einem Finger wegschleudern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schnicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Augen rollen, Finger schnicken, Körper zappeln, dunkel dräut das Harmonium; per Schalldämpfer (und Mangelsdorff-Gesang!) wertet der Theatermusiker Jochen Weber seine Posaune zum Alter ego der Darsteller auf.
Noch unter dem Eindruck dieser Überlegung stehend, schnickt Schami seiner Gesprächspartnerin eine reiselustige Ameise vom Arm.
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.