fuchsschwänzeln
[ˈfʊksˌʃvɛnt͡sl̩n]
The verdict
“fuchsschwänzeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - versuchen, jemandem zu gefallen oder jemanden zu beeinflussen, indem man Dinge sagt, die der Andere gern hört, die aber nicht unbedingt der eigenen Meinung entsprechen.
Corpus desk
Index DE-fuchsschwanzeln · fuchsschwänzeln · German
fuchsschwänzeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | fuchsschwänzeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfʊksˌʃvɛnt͡sl̩n] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fuchsschwänzeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fuchsschwänzeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfʊksˌʃvɛnt͡sl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "versuchen, jemandem zu gefallen oder jemanden zu beeinflussen, indem man Dinge sagt, die der Andere gern hört, die aber nicht unbedingt der eigenen Meinung entsprechen.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fuchsschwänzeln, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fuchsschwänzeln, spelled F-U-C-H-S-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1versuchen, jemandem zu gefallen oder jemanden zu beeinflussen, indem man Dinge sagt, die der Andere gern hört, die aber nicht unbedingt der eigenen Meinung entsprechen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fuchsschwänzeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Wahrhaftig, der Kerl fuchsschwänzelt so meisterhaft, daß er einmal Erzbischof im neuen Reiche werden muß,‹ meinte Faust.“
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.