einschlummern
[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlʊmɐn]
The verdict
“einschlummern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einschlafen, den Schlaf/Schlummer im Sinne von Nachtruhe/Erholung beginnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einschlummern · einschlummern · German
einschlummern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | einschlummern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlʊmɐn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einschlummern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einschlummern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃlʊmɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for einschlummern, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is einschlummern, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-L-U-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1einschlafen, den Schlaf/Schlummer im Sinne von Nachtruhe/Erholung beginnen
- 2einschlafen im Sinne von versterben/verscheiden
- 3weniger in Gebrauch sein, langsam in Vergessenheit geraten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einschlummern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guck mal, Opa ist in der Frühlingssonne eingeschlummert und schnarcht.
Heute Nacht ist unsere geliebte Oma sanft eingeschlummert.
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.