schleimen
[ˈʃlaɪ̯mən]
The verdict
“schleimen” 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) - ein zähflüssiges Sekret absondern
Corpus desk
Index DE-schleimen · schleimen · German
schleimen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | schleimen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaɪ̯mən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schleimen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schleimen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlaɪ̯mən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schleimen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schleimen, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein zähflüssiges Sekret absondern
- 2durch (übertriebene) Zuneigung / Zuwendung die Gunst von jemandem erlangen wollen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schleimen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Augen der Kuh tränen und das geschwollene Maul schleimt stark.
Schleim nicht so, er gibt dir sowieso nicht den Job!
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.