whimper
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The verdict
“whimper” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - eine Reihe kleiner, schwacher Laute von sich geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-whimper · whimper · German
whimper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | whimper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „whimper“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
whimper is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Reihe kleiner, schwacher Laute von sich geben".
Zero misspellings are on record for whimper in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is whimper, spelled W-H-I-M-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Reihe kleiner, schwacher Laute von sich geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how whimper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The dog whimpered to be let in.
She gave a little whimper as the vet inspected her paw.
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.