schmettern

[ˈʃmɛtɐn]

/[ˈʃmɛtɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“schmettern” is uncommon German (frequency #83,263 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,263
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Wucht schlagen/werfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmettern · schmettern · German

schmettern · rank #83,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,263
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmeckten

Nearest frequency peer: schmeckten (-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 „schmettern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schmettern
PropertyValue
Headwordschmettern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃmɛtɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,263
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schmettern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmeckten“ (#83,262), „Schneckentempo“ (#83,264), „Schmallenberg“ (#83,261). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schmettern“ bei #83,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schmettern is uncommon German at frequency #83,263 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmɛtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schmettern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schmettern, spelled S-C-H-M-E-T-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Wucht schlagen/werfen
  2. 2
    laut Töne von sich geben/singen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er schmetterte den Ball genau auf die Linie.
  2. Sie schmetterte mit aller Kraft die Tür ins Schloss.

Synonyms

schleudern

This word in other languages

smash(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 "schmettern"?
"schmettern" is spelled S-C-H-M-E-T-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmɛtɐn].
What does "schmettern" mean?
As a verb, "schmettern" means: mit Wucht schlagen/werfen
How do you pronounce "schmettern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schmettern" is [ˈʃmɛtɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schmettern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schmeckten#83,262Scheinwelt#83,255Satanismus#83,248Schätzwert#83,281

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list