schinden

[ˈʃɪndn̩]

/[ˈʃɪndn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“schinden” is uncommon German (frequency #56,502 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,502
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas extrem beanspruchen, übel behandeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-schinden · schinden · German

schinden · rank #56,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,502
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schimmernden

Nearest frequency peer: schimmernden (-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 „schinden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schinden
PropertyValue
Headwordschinden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃɪndn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schinden“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schimmernden“ (#56,501), „Schlupfloch“ (#56,503), „Schlupflöcher“ (#56,504). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schinden“ bei #56,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schinden is uncommon German at frequency #56,502 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɪndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schinden, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schinden, spelled S-C-H-I-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden oder etwas extrem beanspruchen, übel behandeln
  2. 2
    sich intensiv um etwas bemühen
  3. 3
    etwas für sich herausholen
  4. 4
    Haut oder Rinde abziehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Sklaven wurden von ihren Herren oft geschunden.
  2. Für die Prüfungen musste ich mich ganz schön schinden.

This word in other languages

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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 "schinden"?
"schinden" is spelled S-C-H-I-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪndn̩].
What does "schinden" mean?
As a verb, "schinden" means: jemanden oder etwas extrem beanspruchen, übel behandeln
How do you pronounce "schinden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schinden" is [ˈʃɪndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schinden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Schmarrn#56,506schmecke#56,507rosemary#56,481Reiterei#56,466

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list