flimmern

[ˈflɪmɐn]

/[ˈflɪmɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“flimmern” is uncommon German (frequency #58,776 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,776
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in schneller Folge aufhellen und abdunkeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-flimmern · flimmern · German

flimmern · rank #58,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,776
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fliegerhorst

Nearest frequency peer: Fliegerhorst (-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 „flimmern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flimmern
PropertyValue
Headwordflimmern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈflɪmɐn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flimmern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fliegerhorst“ (#58,775), „Flugangst“ (#58,777), „Flaschenhals“ (#58,774). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flimmern“ bei #58,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flimmern is uncommon German at frequency #58,776 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈflɪmɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

flimmern has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is flimmern, spelled F-L-I-M-M-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    in schneller Folge aufhellen und abdunkeln
  2. 2
    anomale rhythmische Aktivität aufweisen
  3. 3
    das Licht brechen bei aufeinandertreffenden warmen und kalten Luftschichten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how flimmern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hilfe, mein Bildschirm flimmert.
  2. „Noch ist das Kino eine Baustelle. Da, wo die bunten Bilder bald flimmern sollen, hängt noch keine Leinwand, und auch von bequemen Sesseln ist nichts zu sehen.“

Synonyms

flackernflirren

This word in other languages

flicker(English)centellear(Español)scintiller(Français)

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 "flimmern"?
"flimmern" is spelled F-L-I-M-M-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈflɪmɐn].
What does "flimmern" mean?
As a verb, "flimmern" means: in schneller Folge aufhellen und abdunkeln
How do you pronounce "flimmern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flimmern" is [ˈflɪmɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flimmern" come from?
"flimmern" 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 "flimmern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Finalist#58,771fiktives#58,768Garanten#58,795geartete#58,798

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list