schären
[ˈʃɛːʁən]
The verdict
“schären” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kettfäden an einem Schärbaum anordnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-scharen · schären · German
schären · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schären |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːʁən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schären“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schären is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɛːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kettfäden an einem Schärbaum anordnen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for schären in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schären, spelled S-C-H-Ä-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kettfäden an einem Schärbaum anordnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schären appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schärte, um einen Teppich zu weben.
Um die Kettfäden parallel auf den Kettbaum aufwickeln und im Webstuhl verweben zu können, muß die sogenannte Webereivorbereitung (Vorwerk) die Kettfäden von den Spinnkopsen der Spinner umspulen, zetteln oder schären, bäumen, eventuell schlichten, ins Geschirr oder den Jacquardharnisch einziehen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.