fließend
[ˈfliːsn̩t]
The verdict
“fließend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reibungslos, ohne Unterbrechungen ablaufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-flie-end · fließend · German
fließend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fließend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfliːsn̩t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fließend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fließend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfliːsn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fließend has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fließend, spelled F-L-I-E-S-S-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1reibungslos, ohne Unterbrechungen ablaufend
- 2ineinander übergehend, ohne klare Trennlinie
- 3harmonisch geschwungen verlaufend, weich herabfallend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fließend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf 300 Kontrollbrücken über den Autobahnen wird der fließende Verkehr mit Sensoren überwacht.“
Unsere chinesischen Geschäftspartner überraschten uns mit ihrem fließenden Deutsch.
Antonyms
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.