geschwänzt

[ɡəˈʃvɛnt͡st]

/[ɡəˈʃvɛnt͡st]/ verb

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The verdict

“geschwänzt” is uncommon German (frequency #58,812 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,812
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschwanzt · geschwänzt · German

geschwänzt · rank #58,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,812
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geschwurbel

Nearest frequency peer: Geschwurbel (-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 „geschwänzt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geschwänzt
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschwänzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʃvɛnt͡st]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geschwänzt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.geschwänztfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Geschwurbel“ (#58,811), „Geschichtenerzähler“ (#58,810), „Geschäftsleben“ (#58,814). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geschwänzt“ bei #58,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschwänzt is uncommon German at frequency #58,812 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʃvɛnt͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwänzen".

geschwänzt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is geschwänzt, spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwänzen

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 "geschwänzt"?
"geschwänzt" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃvɛnt͡st].
What does "geschwänzt" mean?
As a verb, "geschwänzt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schwänzen
How do you pronounce "geschwänzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschwänzt" is [ɡəˈʃvɛnt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschwänzt" come from?
"geschwänzt" 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 "geschwänzt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

germanisch#58,808gespoilert#58,816Frischluft#58,788friendship#58,787

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list