schiefgeht

[ˈʃiːfˌɡeːt]

/[ˈʃiːfˌɡeːt]/ verb

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The verdict

“schiefgeht” is uncommon German (frequency #55,682 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,682
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schiefgehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schiefgeht · schiefgeht · German

schiefgeht · rank #55,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,682
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schiebst

Nearest frequency peer: schiebst (-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 „schiefgeht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schiefgeht
PropertyValue
Headwordschiefgeht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃiːfˌɡeːt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schiefgeht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schiefgehtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schiebst“ (#55,681), „schikanieren“ (#55,683), „Schlafmittel“ (#55,684). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schiefgeht“ bei #55,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schiefgeht is uncommon German at frequency #55,682 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃiːfˌɡeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schiefgehen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schiefgeht, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schiefgeht, spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-G-E-H-T.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schiefgehen

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 "schiefgeht"?
"schiefgeht" is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-G-E-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃiːfˌɡeːt].
What does "schiefgeht" mean?
As a verb, "schiefgeht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schiefgehen
How do you pronounce "schiefgeht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schiefgeht" is [ˈʃiːfˌɡeːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schiefgeht" come from?
"schiefgeht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schopfheim#55,689Salamander#55,672Rottweiler#55,665reparierte#55,654

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list