schrammeln
[ˈʃʁaml̩n]
The verdict
“schrammeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Saiteninstrument spielen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schrammeln · schrammeln · German
schrammeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schrammeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁaml̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schrammeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schrammeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃʁaml̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Saiteninstrument spielen".
schrammeln has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schrammeln, spelled S-C-H-R-A-M-M-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1ein Saiteninstrument spielen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schrammeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein anderes Beispiel ist das im Musikjournalismus beliebte Verb "schrammeln" und davon abgeleitet "schrammelig", "Schrammelgitarren" etc. Gemeint ist eine bestimmte Spielart der Gitarre, nämlich das wiederholte schnelle "Durchschlagen" aller Saiten der Gitarre mit den Fingern oder einem Plektrum.
Wir spielten mit zwei Gitarren und schlugen auf diese ein, was das Zeug hielt, und schrammelten mehr oder weniger das gleiche, was den Sound nicht unbedingt prägnanter machte.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.