schäbigen

[ˈʃɛːbɪɡn̩]

/[ˈʃɛːbɪɡn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“schäbigen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,276 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,276
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-schabigen · schäbigen · German

schäbigen · rank #58,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,276
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schädling

Nearest frequency peer: Schädling (+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 „schäbigen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schäbigen
PropertyValue
Headwordschäbigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃɛːbɪɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,276
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schäbigen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schäbigenfällt 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: „Schädling“ (#58,277), „schweizerisches“ (#58,274), „schämte“ (#58,278). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schäbigen“ bei #58,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schäbigen is uncommon German at frequency #58,276 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃɛːbɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schäbigen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schäbigen, spelled S-C-H-Ä-B-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera 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 "schäbigen"?
"schäbigen" is spelled S-C-H-Ä-B-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛːbɪɡn̩].
What does "schäbigen" mean?
As an adjective, "schäbigen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schäbig
How do you pronounce "schäbigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schäbigen" is [ˈʃɛːbɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schäbigen" come from?
"schäbigen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schädling#58,277Schnauzer#58,264Schlitzen#58,261Samstagen#58,247

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list