schimmern

[ˈʃɪmɐn]

/[ˈʃɪmɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“schimmern” is uncommon German (frequency #50,860 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,860
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwach glänzen oder leuchten

Corpus desk

Index DE-schimmern · schimmern · German

schimmern · rank #50,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,860
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schamane

Nearest frequency peer: Schamane (-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 „schimmern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schimmern
PropertyValue
Headwordschimmern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃɪmɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,860
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schimmern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schimmernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schamane“ (#50,859), „sauf“ (#50,858), „schlemmen“ (#50,862). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schimmern“ bei #50,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schimmern is uncommon German at frequency #50,860 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɪmɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

schimmern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schimmern, spelled S-C-H-I-M-M-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    schwach glänzen oder leuchten
  2. 2
    durch etwas anderes schwach sichtbar sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how schimmern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Morgensonne begann eben zu schimmern.
  2. Ihre blasse Haut schimmerte schwach in der Dunkelheit des Korridors.

Synonyms

erglimmendurchscheinendurchschimmern

Antonyms

strahlen

This word in other languages

gleam(English)scintiller(Français)brilhar(Português)

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 "schimmern"?
"schimmern" is spelled S-C-H-I-M-M-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪmɐn].
What does "schimmern" mean?
As a verb, "schimmern" means: schwach glänzen oder leuchten
How do you pronounce "schimmern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schimmern" is [ˈʃɪmɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schimmern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

schlemmen#50,862schnarcht#50,865schnurren#50,866sagenhaft#50,850

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list