schlingern
[ˈʃlɪŋɐn]
The verdict
“schlingern” is uncommon German (frequency #99,049 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,049
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um die Längsachse des Schiffes hin- und herschwanken
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlingern · schlingern · German
schlingern · rank #99,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,049
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlenderten
Nearest frequency peer: schlenderten (-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 „schlingern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schkeuditz
Schkeuditz
955 corpus weight
- Schlaufen
Schlaufen
954 corpus weight
- schlenderten
schlenderten
953 corpus weight
- schlingern
schlingern
952 corpus weight
- Schlupfwink…
Schlupfwinkel
951 corpus weight
- Schlückchen
Schlückchen
950 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schlingern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlingern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɪŋɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlingern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlingern is uncommon German at frequency #99,049 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlɪŋɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schlingern, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schlingern, spelled S-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1um die Längsachse des Schiffes hin- und herschwanken
- 2aus der beabsichtigten Richtung links und rechts unkontrolliert abweichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlingern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Allein in rabenschwarzer Finsternis, mußte Saltash alle Schläge erleiden, die See und Sturm auszuteilen vermochten: sie stampfte, schlingerte und arbeitete verzweifelt.“
Auf der glatten Fahrbahn schlingerte der Wagen in die Leitplanken.
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.
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