tschilp
[t͡ʃɪlp]
The verdict
“tschilp” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tierlaut eines Sperlings (= Spatz, und ähnliche Laute anderer Vögel, z. B. des Birkenzeisigs)
Corpus desk
Index DE-tschilp · tschilp · German
tschilp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | tschilp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [t͡ʃɪlp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tschilp“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tschilp is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [t͡ʃɪlp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tierlaut eines Sperlings (= Spatz, und ähnliche Laute anderer Vögel, z. B. des Birkenzeisigs)".
Zero misspellings are on record for tschilp in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 tschilp, spelled T-S-C-H-I-L-P.
Definition
- 1Tierlaut eines Sperlings (= Spatz, und ähnliche Laute anderer Vögel, z. B. des Birkenzeisigs)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tschilp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das „tschilp“ des Feldsperlings klingt härter als das des Haussperlings.
„Die jungen Spatzen aber mochten meinen, daß sein [Wellensittich] lockendes »Tschilp« wohl ihnen gelten möge und kamen […] “
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.