dahinschmelzen
[daˈhɪnˌʃmɛlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“dahinschmelzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allmählich weniger werden, besonders durch den Einfluss von Wärme (Schnee, Eis, Wachs)
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahinschmelzen · dahinschmelzen · German
dahinschmelzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dahinschmelzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [daˈhɪnˌʃmɛlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dahinschmelzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dahinschmelzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [daˈhɪnˌʃmɛlt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dahinschmelzen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dahinschmelzen, spelled D-A-H-I-N-S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1allmählich weniger werden, besonders durch den Einfluss von Wärme (Schnee, Eis, Wachs)
- 2durch ein positives Ereignis allmählich weniger werden
- 3von starker Zuneigung erfüllt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dahinschmelzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es war über Nacht ziemlich warm geworden und die schönen Eisskulpturen schmolzen dahin.
Bei den Gaspreisen schmilzt das Geld schnell dahin.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.