schleichenden

[ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩dən]

/[ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩dən]/ adj

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The verdict

“schleichenden” is uncommon German (frequency #55,687 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,687
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schleichenden · schleichenden · German

schleichenden · rank #55,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,687
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlaraffenla…

Nearest frequency peer: Schlaraffenland (-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 „schleichenden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schleichenden
PropertyValue
Headwordschleichenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩dən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#55,687
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schleichenden“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schlaraffenland“ (#55,686), „Schlagwörter“ (#55,685), „Schopfheim“ (#55,689). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schleichenden“ bei #55,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schleichenden is uncommon German at frequency #55,687 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩dən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schleichenden, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 schleichenden, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend

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 "schleichenden"?
"schleichenden" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩dən].
What does "schleichenden" mean?
As an adjective, "schleichenden" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schleichend
How do you pronounce "schleichenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schleichenden" is [ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩dən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schleichenden" come from?
"schleichenden" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list