Schleimer

[ˈʃlaɪ̯mɐ]

/[ˈʃlaɪ̯mɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Schleimer” is uncommon German (frequency #93,545 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,545
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die jemandem in übertriebener Weise Komplimente macht

Corpus desk

Index DE-schleimer · Schleimer · German

Schleimer · rank #93,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,545
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schleppenden

Nearest frequency peer: schleppenden (+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 „Schleimer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schleimer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchleimer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlaɪ̯mɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,545
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schleimer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schleppenden“ (#93,546), „schlecken“ (#93,543), „Schleudertrauma“ (#93,547). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schleimer“ bei #93,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schleimer is uncommon German at frequency #93,545 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaɪ̯mɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die jemandem in übertriebener Weise Komplimente macht".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Schleimer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists 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 Schleimer, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die jemandem in übertriebener Weise Komplimente macht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Schleimer wollte sich schon wieder Vorteile erschleichen.

Synonyms

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); 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 "Schleimer"?
"Schleimer" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaɪ̯mɐ].
What does "Schleimer" mean?
As a noun, "Schleimer" means: Person, die jemandem in übertriebener Weise Komplimente macht
How do you pronounce "Schleimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schleimer" is [ˈʃlaɪ̯mɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schleimer" come from?
"Schleimer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list