in Scharen
[ɪn ˈʃaːʁən]
The verdict
“in Scharen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - massenhaft, sehr viele, in großer Anzahl
Corpus desk
Index DE-in-scharen · in Scharen · German
in Scharen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | in Scharen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪn ˈʃaːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „in Scharen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
in Scharen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪn ˈʃaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "massenhaft, sehr viele, in großer Anzahl".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for in Scharen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is in Scharen, spelled I-N- -S-C-H-A-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1massenhaft, sehr viele, in großer Anzahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how in Scharen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem 17. Juni 1953 verließen die Leute in Scharen die DDR.
„Junge Frauen verlassen Ostdeutschland in Scharen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.