schillern
[ˈʃɪlɐn]
The verdict
“schillern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interferenzfarben erzeugen; in von der Lichteinstrahlung abhängigen, wechselnden, meist metallischen Farben erscheinen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schillern · schillern · German
schillern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | schillern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪlɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schillern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schillern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɪlɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interferenzfarben erzeugen; in von der Lichteinstrahlung abhängigen, wechselnden, meist metallischen Farben erscheinen".
schillern has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schillern, spelled S-C-H-I-L-L-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Interferenzfarben erzeugen; in von der Lichteinstrahlung abhängigen, wechselnden, meist metallischen Farben erscheinen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schillern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Seifenblasen schillern in allen Farben.
Die Flügel des Schillerfalters schillern blau.
This word in other languages
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.