Schlummer

[ˈʃlʊmɐ]

/[ˈʃlʊmɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlummer” is uncommon German (frequency #70,770 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,770
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leichter Schlaf

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlummer · Schlummer · German

Schlummer · rank #70,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,770
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schleusingen

Nearest frequency peer: Schleusingen (-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 „Schlummer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlummer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlummer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlʊmɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlummer“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schlummerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schleusingen“ (#70,769), „schlussfolgern“ (#70,771), „schleif“ (#70,768). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schlummer“ bei #70,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlummer is uncommon German at frequency #70,770 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlʊmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "leichter Schlaf".

Schlummer has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schlummer, spelled S-C-H-L-U-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    leichter Schlaf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Stunden vergingen, beide dösten vor sich hin, wurden bisweilen klar, fielen wieder in Schlaf und erwachten schließlich mit dem Gefühl der Übelkeit, das vom langen Schlummer in der Sonne stammt.“
  2. „Endlich umfängt ihn der Schlummer.“

This word in other languages

slumber(English)

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 "Schlummer"?
"Schlummer" is spelled S-C-H-L-U-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlʊmɐ].
What does "Schlummer" mean?
As a noun, "Schlummer" means: leichter Schlaf
How do you pronounce "Schlummer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlummer" is [ˈʃlʊmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlummer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

scheitere#70,762Schrauber#70,780schwebten#70,790Schwinger#70,794

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list