schleimig

[ˈʃlaɪ̯mɪç]

/[ˈʃlaɪ̯mɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“schleimig” is uncommon German (frequency #78,509 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,509
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - glitschig feucht, aus Schleim bestehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schleimig · schleimig · German

schleimig · rank #78,509 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,509
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlafsaal

Nearest frequency peer: Schlafsaal (-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 „schleimig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schleimig
PropertyValue
Headwordschleimig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃlaɪ̯mɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,509
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schleimig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schlafsaal“ (#78,508), „schluchzend“ (#78,510), „schlaffen“ (#78,507). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schleimig“ bei #78,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schleimig is uncommon German at frequency #78,509 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃlaɪ̯mɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schleimig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 schleimig, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-M-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    glitschig feucht, aus Schleim bestehend
  2. 2
    falsch, nur übertrieben freundlich tuend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Diese Hafergrütze ist ja ganz eklig schleimig geworden. Die mag ich nicht essen.
  2. „Wir erinnern auch daran, dass Kolonien auf dünn besiedelten Platten schleimiger sind als auf dichten Platten, junge Kolonien schleimiger als ältere, Bohnenagarkulturen schleimiger als Fleischagarkulturen.“

Antonyms

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 "schleimig"?
"schleimig" is spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-M-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlaɪ̯mɪç].
What does "schleimig" mean?
As an adjective, "schleimig" means: glitschig feucht, aus Schleim bestehend
How do you pronounce "schleimig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schleimig" is [ˈʃlaɪ̯mɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schleimig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schleimig", 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