mit dem Strom schwimmen
[mɪt deːm ʃtʁoːm ˈʃvɪmən]
The verdict
“mit dem Strom schwimmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich der Mehrheit anschließen, sich anpassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-mit-dem-strom-schwimmen · mit dem Strom schwimmen · German
mit dem Strom schwimmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mit dem Strom schwimmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [mɪt deːm ʃtʁoːm ˈʃvɪmən] |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mit dem Strom schwimmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mit dem Strom schwimmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [mɪt deːm ʃtʁoːm ˈʃvɪmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich der Mehrheit anschließen, sich anpassen".
No misspelling variants are generated for mit dem Strom schwimmen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is mit dem Strom schwimmen, spelled M-I-T- -D-E-M- -S-T-R-O-M- -S-C-H-W-I-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich der Mehrheit anschließen, sich anpassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mit dem Strom schwimmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hans wollte nicht länger immer nur mit dem Strom schwimmen, er wollte sich endlich als Politiker mit eigener Meinung profilieren.
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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.