tschicken
[ˈt͡ʃɪkn̩]
The verdict
“tschicken” 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) - Zigaretten rauchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tschicken · tschicken · German
tschicken · 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 "T" 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 | tschicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tschicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tschicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tschicken in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tschicken, spelled T-S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Zigaretten rauchen
- 2Tabak kauen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tschicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Rauchverbot: Kärntner Schüler wollen wieder auf dem Schulhof tschicken“
„Der Name für das Kaustück ist gewöhnlich »Tschick«, wovon das Kauen selbst »Tschicken« heißt.“
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.