schnellte

[ˈʃnɛltə]

/[ˈʃnɛltə]/ verb

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The verdict

“schnellte” is uncommon German (frequency #85,811 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,811
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schnellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schnellte · schnellte · German

schnellte · rank #85,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,811
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmollen

Nearest frequency peer: schmollen (-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 „schnellte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schnellte
PropertyValue
Headwordschnellte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃnɛltə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schnellte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmollen“ (#85,810), „schnurgerade“ (#85,812), „Schlüsselwörter“ (#85,809). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schnellte“ bei #85,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schnellte is uncommon German at frequency #85,811 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃnɛltə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for schnellte in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schnellte, spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schnellen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schnellen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schnellen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schnellen

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 "schnellte"?
"schnellte" is spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃnɛltə].
What does "schnellte" mean?
As a verb, "schnellte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schnellen
How do you pronounce "schnellte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schnellte" is [ˈʃnɛltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schnellte" come from?
"schnellte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

schmollen#85,810Schlesier#85,806schuldete#85,818Seeleuten#85,831

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list