geschmälert

[ɡəˈʃmɛːlɐt]

/[ɡəˈʃmɛːlɐt]/ verb

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The verdict

“geschmälert” is uncommon German (frequency #72,469 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,469
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schmälern

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschmalert · geschmälert · German

geschmälert · rank #72,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,469
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geschliffenen

Nearest frequency peer: geschliffenen (-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 „geschmälert“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geschmälert
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschmälert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʃmɛːlɐt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,469
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geschmälert“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geschliffenen“ (#72,468), „Geschlechtsmerkmale“ (#72,467), „Gesinnungsgenossen“ (#72,472). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geschmälert“ bei #72,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschmälert is uncommon German at frequency #72,469 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʃmɛːlɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schmälern".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geschmälert, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geschmälert, spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-Ä-L-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schmälern

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 "geschmälert"?
"geschmälert" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-Ä-L-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃmɛːlɐt].
What does "geschmälert" mean?
As a verb, "geschmälert" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schmälern
How do you pronounce "geschmälert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschmälert" is [ɡəˈʃmɛːlɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschmälert" come from?
"geschmälert" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fränkisches#72,439gusseiserne#72,500Gänserndorf#72,502Freigelände#72,435

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list