schmiegen
[ˈʃmiːɡn̩]
The verdict
“schmiegen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,098 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,098
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seinen Körper (zärtlich, oder schutzsuchend) parallel mit einem anderen Körper in Kontakt bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmiegen · schmiegen · German
schmiegen · rank #82,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,098
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlussteil
Nearest frequency peer: Schlussteil (-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 „schmiegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schlussstein
Schlussstein
17,905 corpus weight
- Schlussteil
Schlussteil
17,904 corpus weight
- schmiegen
schmiegen
17,903 corpus weight
- schnelltest
schnelltest
17,902 corpus weight
- Schnorchel
Schnorchel
17,901 corpus weight
- schnorren
schnorren
17,900 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schmiegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmiegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmiːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmiegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmiegen is uncommon German at frequency #82,098 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmiːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schmiegen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 schmiegen, spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1seinen Körper (zärtlich, oder schutzsuchend) parallel mit einem anderen Körper in Kontakt bringen
- 2den Konturen folgen, parallel verlaufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schmiegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die beiden Hunde hielten sich dicht in seiner Nähe und schmiegten sich, wie um Schutz flehend, an ihn und knurrten wütend oder winselten erschrocken, wenn ein Wolf sich zu nahe heranwagte.“
Verträumt schmiegte sie sich an ihren Mann.
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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