Schäumen

[ˈʃɔɪ̯mən]

/[ˈʃɔɪ̯mən]/ noun

The verdict

“Schäumen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,829 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,829
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schaum

Corpus desk

Index DE-schaumen · Schäumen · German

Schäumen · rank #71,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,829
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schultüte

Nearest frequency peer: Schultüte (-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 „Schäumen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schäumen
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchäumen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɔɪ̯mən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,829
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schäumen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schultüte“ (#71,828), „Schuljahren“ (#71,827), „Seestern“ (#71,831). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schäumen“ bei #71,829. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schäumen is uncommon German at frequency #71,829 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɔɪ̯mən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schaum".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schäumen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Schäumen, spelled S-C-H-Ä-U-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schaum

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 "Schäumen"?
"Schäumen" is spelled S-C-H-Ä-U-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔɪ̯mən].
What does "Schäumen" mean?
As a noun, "Schäumen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schaum
How do you pronounce "Schäumen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schäumen" is [ˈʃɔɪ̯mən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schäumen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list