plätschern

[ˈplɛt͡ʃɐn]

/[ˈplɛt͡ʃɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“plätschern” is uncommon German (frequency #64,608 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,608
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ruhig fließendes Wasser

Corpus desk

Index DE-platschern · plätschern · German

plätschern · rank #64,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,608
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH plattdeutsche

Nearest frequency peer: plattdeutsche (-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 „plätschern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plätschern
PropertyValue
Headwordplätschern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈplɛt͡ʃɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,608
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „plätschern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).plätschernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „plattdeutsche“ (#64,607), „Pogrome“ (#64,609), „plateaus“ (#64,606). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „plätschern“ bei #64,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plätschern is uncommon German at frequency #64,608 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈplɛt͡ʃɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plätschern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 plätschern, spelled P-L-Ä-T-S-C-H-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ruhig fließendes Wasser
  2. 2
    spielerische Bewegungen in Wasser vollführen
  3. 3
    langsames Verstreichen der Zeit
  4. 4
    monoton leise, helle Geräusche von sich geben, verursachen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plätschern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Wasser plätschert den Bach hinab.
  2. Er plätschert mit den Füßen im Wasser.

Synonyms

platschendahinplätschernmurmelnsäuseln

Antonyms

tosen

This word in other languages

purl(English)murmurar(Español)

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 "plätschern"?
"plätschern" is spelled P-L-Ä-T-S-C-H-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplɛt͡ʃɐn].
What does "plätschern" mean?
As a verb, "plätschern" means: ruhig fließendes Wasser
How do you pronounce "plätschern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plätschern" is [ˈplɛt͡ʃɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plätschern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Polarkreis#64,610Potentials#64,617Partituren#64,594Parkverbot#64,591

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list