schrubben
[ˈʃʁʊbn̩]
The verdict
“schrubben” is uncommon German (frequency #68,651 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,651
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Wasser, Reinigungsmittel und einer Bürste mit (Schrubber) oder ohne Stiel reinigen; säubern
Corpus desk
Index DE-schrubben · schrubben · German
schrubben · rank #68,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,651
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schreibers
Nearest frequency peer: Schreibers (-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 „schrubben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schnurrt
schnurrt
31,353 corpus weight
- Schoten
Schoten
31,352 corpus weight
- Schreibers
Schreibers
31,351 corpus weight
- schrubben
schrubben
31,350 corpus weight
- Schultes
Schultes
31,349 corpus weight
- Schulträger
Schulträger
31,348 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schrubben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schrubben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁʊbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schrubben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schrubben is uncommon German at frequency #68,651 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃʁʊbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schrubben in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 schrubben, spelled S-C-H-R-U-B-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Wasser, Reinigungsmittel und einer Bürste mit (Schrubber) oder ohne Stiel reinigen; säubern
- 2Holz grob durch Hobeln oder Schleifen abschleifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schrubben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dort begann die Mutter zu schrubben, die Handflächen auf den Lappen gestützt, die Unterarme, vor und zurück, aus den Ellenbogen heraus, vor und zurück, dann mit durchgestreckten Armen aus den Schulterblättern heraus, vor und zurück.“
„Vorhin hab ich meinen Dreckspatz in die Badewanne gesteckt, und jetzt liegt die Kleine frisch geschrubbt und sauber in ihrem Bett und träumt von dir.“
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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