Yippie

[ˈjɪpi]

/[ˈjɪpi]/ noun

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The verdict

“Yippie” is uncommon German (frequency #96,548 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,548
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - radikaler politischer Aktivist der Hippie-Bewegung, Anhänger der Youth International Party

Corpus desk

Index DE-yippie · Yippie · German

Yippie · rank #96,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,548
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yannic

Nearest frequency peer: Yannic (-2 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 „Yippie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Yippie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yippie
PropertyValue
HeadwordYippie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjɪpi]
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Yippie“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Yippiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Yannic“ (#96,546), „Yuma“ (#96,551), „Zahlungsverpflichtungen“ (#96,552). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „Yippie“ bei #96,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yippie is uncommon German at frequency #96,548 among 67 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjɪpi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "radikaler politischer Aktivist der Hippie-Bewegung, Anhänger der Youth International Party".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Yippie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Yippie, spelled Y-I-P-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    radikaler politischer Aktivist der Hippie-Bewegung, Anhänger der Youth International Party

This word in other languages

yippie(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Yippie"?
"Yippie" is spelled Y-I-P-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjɪpi].
What does "Yippie" mean?
As a noun, "Yippie" means: radikaler politischer Aktivist der Hippie-Bewegung, Anhänger der Youth International Party
How do you pronounce "Yippie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yippie" is [ˈjɪpi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yippie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yippie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Yannic#96,546Zwolle#96,584weidet#96,508Ölfeld#96,589

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list