fischte

[ˈfɪʃtə]

/[ˈfɪʃtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“fischte” is uncommon German (frequency #82,755 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,755
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fischen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fischte · fischte · German

fischte · rank #82,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,755
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fleischige

Nearest frequency peer: fleischige (+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 „fischte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fischte
PropertyValue
Headwordfischte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɪʃtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fischte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fleischige“ (#82,756), „Firnis“ (#82,753), „Fliegern“ (#82,757). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fischte“ bei #82,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fischte is uncommon German at frequency #82,755 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɪʃtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

fischte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fischte, spelled F-I-S-C-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fischen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fischen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fischen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fischen

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 "fischte"?
"fischte" is spelled F-I-S-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɪʃtə].
What does "fischte" mean?
As a verb, "fischte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fischen
How do you pronounce "fischte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fischte" is [ˈfɪʃtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fischte" come from?
"fischte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Felsens#82,740fahrend#82,732EURATOM#82,726erstand#82,718

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list