schöpfen
\ˈʃœpfǝn\
The verdict
“schöpfen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Puiser, prélever une partie d’une grande quantité de liquide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schopfen · schöpfen · French
schöpfen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | schöpfen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃœpfǝn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schöpfen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃœpfǝn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schöpfen, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is schöpfen, spelled S-C-H-Ö-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Puiser, prélever une partie d’une grande quantité de liquide.
- 2Prélever de la matière solide d’un liquide.
- 3Prendre (le souffle).
- 4Reprendre (une émotion comme un espoir).
- 5Créer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schöpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Suppe in Schalen schöpfen, mit etwas Schnittlauch garnieren und sofort servieren.
Es stand schlimm um den Kommissär. Zweimal schon hatte sein Chef, der Untersuchungsrichter Lutz, sich mit dessen Tod abgefunden, und zweimal durfte er neue Hoffnung schöpfen (...)
Antonyms
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.