schüchterner
[ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]
The verdict
“schüchterner” is uncommon German (frequency #73,994 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,994
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schüchterner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #73,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schüchterner” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schüchterner is uncommon German at frequency #73,994 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schüchterner, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schüchterner, spelled S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
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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Using “schüchterner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.