sauen

[ˈzaʊ̯ən]

/[ˈzaʊ̯ən]/ verb

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The verdict

“sauen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,249 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,249
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark regnen, oft verbunden mit Sturm

Corpus desk

Index DE-sauen · sauen · German

sauen · rank #58,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,249
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sandberg

Nearest frequency peer: Sandberg (-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 „sauen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sauen
PropertyValue
Headwordsauen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzaʊ̯ən]
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sauen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sandberg“ (#58,248), „Saulgau“ (#58,250), „Samstagen“ (#58,247). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sauen“ bei #58,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sauen is uncommon German at frequency #58,249 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for sauen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 sauen, spelled S-A-U-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    stark regnen, oft verbunden mit Sturm
  2. 2
    Junge bekommen
  3. 3
    schnell und angestrengt rennen, sich schnell vorwärts bewegen
  4. 4
    sich schlecht benehmen
  5. 5
    schmutzig machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das saut ja wieder nicht schlecht!
  2. Jolantha hat gesaut.

Synonyms

ferkeln

This word in other languages

ensuciar(Español)pleuvoir à verse(Français)

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 "sauen"?
"sauen" is spelled S-A-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaʊ̯ən].
What does "sauen" mean?
As a verb, "sauen" means: stark regnen, oft verbunden mit Sturm
How do you pronounce "sauen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sauen" is [ˈzaʊ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sauen" come from?
"sauen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sacha#58,242rojas#58,228Reval#58,222razor#58,201

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list