schäbige

[ˈʃɛːbɪɡə]

/[ˈʃɛːbɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schäbige” is uncommon German (frequency #66,677 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,677
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig

Corpus desk

Index DE-schabige · schäbige · German

schäbige · rank #66,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,677
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwächeanfall

Nearest frequency peer: Schwächeanfall (-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 „schäbige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schäbige
PropertyValue
Headwordschäbige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃɛːbɪɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,677
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schäbige“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schwächeanfall“ (#66,676), „Schömberg“ (#66,678), „schwind“ (#66,675). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schäbige“ bei #66,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schäbige is uncommon German at frequency #66,677 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃɛːbɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

schäbige has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schäbige, spelled S-C-H-Ä-B-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig

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 "schäbige"?
"schäbige" is spelled S-C-H-Ä-B-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛːbɪɡə].
What does "schäbige" mean?
As an adjective, "schäbige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
How do you pronounce "schäbige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schäbige" is [ˈʃɛːbɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schäbige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list