spotten
[ˈʃpɔtn̩]
The verdict
“spotten” is uncommon German (frequency #59,201 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,201
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich über jemanden lustig machen, Spott äußern
Corpus desk
Index DE-spotten · spotten · German
spotten · rank #59,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,201
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spontaneität
Nearest frequency peer: Spontaneität (-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 „spotten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spieltages
Spieltages
40,802 corpus weight
- Spontaneität
Spontaneität
40,801 corpus weight
- spotten
spotten
40,800 corpus weight
- sprichwörtl…
sprichwörtlichen
40,799 corpus weight
- sprudelt
sprudelt
40,798 corpus weight
- Staatsbahn
Staatsbahn
40,796 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „spotten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spotten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɔtn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spotten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spotten is uncommon German at frequency #59,201 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpɔtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for spotten in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is spotten, spelled S-P-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich über jemanden lustig machen, Spott äußern
- 2etwas als unwichtig abtun, etwas nicht weiter beachten
- 3(in Bezug auf Sachen, Vorkommnisse, Vorgänge und Ähnliches) von etwas nicht ergriffen/umfasst werden, nicht Gegenstand von etwas sein
- 4(von Vögeln) Laute nachahmen, die in der Umwelt vorkommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder spotteten über den neuen Mitschüler, weil er viel kleiner als sie war.
„[D]ie Geschichte hat noch immer des Versuchs gespottet, ihre Riesengewalten in vorsorglich ausgehobene Flußbetten zu leiten.“
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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