Wippe
[ˈvɪpə]
The verdict
“Wippe” is uncommon German (frequency #62,103 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,103
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kinderspielgerät, bei dem sich auf einem senkrechten Ständer ein kippbarer Balken oder Brett zum Wippen befindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-wippe · Wippe · German
Wippe · rank #62,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,103
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wimpel
Nearest frequency peer: Wimpel (-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 „Wippe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wichtigtuer
Wichtigtuer
37,902 corpus weight
- wickelte
wickelte
37,901 corpus weight
- Wimpel
Wimpel
37,899 corpus weight
- Wippe
Wippe
37,898 corpus weight
- wohlen
wohlen
37,895 corpus weight
- wohltuende
wohltuende
37,894 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wippe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wippe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪpə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wippe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wippe is uncommon German at frequency #62,103 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kinderspielgerät, bei dem sich auf einem senkrechten Ständer ein kippbarer Balken oder Brett zum Wippen befindet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wippe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Wippe, spelled W-I-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Kinderspielgerät, bei dem sich auf einem senkrechten Ständer ein kippbarer Balken oder Brett zum Wippen befindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wippe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder wollten auf dem Spielplatz zuerst die Wippe ausprobieren.
„Minhs kleine Schwester, die in einer Wippe neben dem Tisch geschlafen hatte, wachte auf und wimmerte leise.“
Synonyms
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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