geschwollene

[ɡəˈʃvɔlənə]

/[ɡəˈʃvɔlənə]/ adj

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The verdict

“geschwollene” is uncommon German (frequency #56,162 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,162
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschwollene · geschwollene · German

geschwollene · rank #56,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,162
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geruchs

Nearest frequency peer: Geruchs (-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 „geschwollene“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geschwollene
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschwollene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃvɔlənə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#56,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geschwollene“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Geruchs“ (#56,161), „geschwärzt“ (#56,163), „gerockt“ (#56,160). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geschwollene“ bei #56,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geschwollene is uncommon German at frequency #56,162 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃvɔlənə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for geschwollene, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geschwollene, spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen

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 "geschwollene"?
"geschwollene" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃvɔlənə].
What does "geschwollene" mean?
As an adjective, "geschwollene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geschwollen
How do you pronounce "geschwollene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschwollene" is [ɡəˈʃvɔlənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschwollene" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Geiselnehmer#56,149Glasflaschen#56,175Gegnerschaft#56,144Gotteshäuser#56,181

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list