saubermachen

[ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌmaxn̩]

/[ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌmaxn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“saubermachen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,670 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,670
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden von Verunreinigungen, von Dreck oder Schmutz befreien

Corpus desk

Index DE-saubermachen · saubermachen · German

saubermachen · rank #64,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,670
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanktionieren

Nearest frequency peer: sanktionieren (-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 „saubermachen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for saubermachen
PropertyValue
Headwordsaubermachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌmaxn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#64,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „saubermachen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).saubermachenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sanktionieren“ (#64,669), „sanierten“ (#64,668), „Salzburgs“ (#64,667). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „saubermachen“ bei #64,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saubermachen is uncommon German at frequency #64,670 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

saubermachen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is saubermachen, spelled S-A-U-B-E-R-M-A-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas oder jemanden von Verunreinigungen, von Dreck oder Schmutz befreien
  2. 2
    für Sauberkeit sorgen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich habe das Katzenklo saubergemacht.
  2. Ich habe bereits die gesamte Wohnung saubergemacht.

Synonyms

säubernreinigenputzen

This word in other languages

clean(English)

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 "saubermachen"?
"saubermachen" is spelled S-A-U-B-E-R-M-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌmaxn̩].
What does "saubermachen" mean?
As a verb, "saubermachen" means: etwas oder jemanden von Verunreinigungen, von Dreck oder Schmutz befreien
How do you pronounce "saubermachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saubermachen" is [ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list